CFML vs Common Lisp

Get a web app up and running fast with stuff built right in to CFML! Frameworks make it even faster but lengthen the learning curve.

Newcomers can use an html-like syntax to query a database. Advanced developers can use a scripted syntax to execute stored procedures.

There are multiple engine implementations available including Adobe ColdFusion, Lucee, New Atlanta BlueDragon, Railo, and Open BlueDragon among others.

ColdFusion can quickly interact with PDFs , Spreadsheets to read/manipulate the data. There are a lot of built in functions to manipulate images quickly.

Almost all aspects of the language are designed with interactive/repl use in mind.

SLIME (Superior Lisp Interaction Mode for Emacs).

It is easy to recover from errors. Error resolution can be determined by the user at the REPL.

The state of the program may be saved and reloaded as an image, supporting safer modification of the running program. New code may be compiled into the image as the program runs, while late binding ensures that symbol redefinitions take effect throughout the program.

Some compilers such as SBCL can be faster than C or other low-level languages, and most compilers can generate fast native code.