Fantom

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Fantom's consensus mechanism, Lachesis, is a novel aBFT (asynchronous Byzantine Fault Tolerance) algorithm, meaning it's designed to achieve consensus even with some faulty nodes without relying on strict synchrony. elaborate share

Apex

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Octane's stim uses adrenaline, but he's also missing a leg. elaborate share

Julia

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Julia's creators initially aimed for it to be a language for high-performance numerical computing, but its general-purpose capabilities have led to its adoption in many other fields. elaborate share

PHP

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PHP originally stood for Personal Home Page, reflecting its initial purpose as a set of Common Gateway Interface (CGI) binaries. elaborate share

AutoLISP

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AutoLISP, despite its name, isn't actually a dialect of Lisp; it's a custom implementation specifically designed for AutoCAD. elaborate share

PostScript

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PostScript's page description language was initially designed to control the output of laser printers, not to be a general-purpose programming language, but its Turing completeness made it surprisingly versatile. elaborate share