<s>
Lucee	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
implementation	O
of	O
a	O
lightweight	O
dynamically-typed	O
scripting	O
language	O
for	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
virtual	I-Language
machine	I-Language
(	O
JVM	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
rapid	O
development	O
of	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
that	O
compile	O
directly	O
to	O
Java	B-Language
bytecode	I-Language
,	O
and	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
contemporary	O
CFML	B-Language
script	O
and	O
tag	O
language	O
variants	O
,	O
and	O
provides	O
configurable	O
support	O
for	O
legacy	O
CFML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lucee	B-Language
language	O
supports	O
multiple	O
development	O
paradigms	O
,	O
including	O
object	O
orientation	O
with	O
inheritance	O
and	O
interfaces	O
,	O
and	O
functional	O
constructs	O
like	O
higher-order	O
functions	O
,	O
closures	O
,	O
map( )	O
,	O
and	O
reduce( )	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucee	B-Language
was	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
Lucee	B-Language
Association	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
was	O
forked	O
from	O
version	O
4.2	O
of	O
the	O
Railo	B-Language
Server	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
not	O
being	O
developed	O
further	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucee	B-Language
has	O
built-in	O
support	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
,	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
,	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
popular	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
engines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucee	B-Language
also	O
supports	O
any	O
database	O
for	O
which	O
a	O
JDBC	B-Application
driver	I-Application
is	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucee	B-Language
has	O
built-in	O
support	O
for	O
calling	O
and	O
consuming	O
data	O
returned	O
from	O
existing	O
web	O
services	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
easily	O
configure	O
and	O
expose	O
web	O
services	O
to	O
be	O
consumed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucee	B-Language
supports	O
three	O
types	O
of	O
web	O
services	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Lucee	B-Language
has	O
built-in	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
object	B-General_Concept
relational	I-General_Concept
mapping	I-General_Concept
(	O
ORM	O
)	O
framework	O
Hibernate	B-Library
,	O
facilitating	O
Hibernate	B-Library
usage	O
from	O
Lucee	B-Language
code	O
without	O
complex	O
and	O
explicit	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucee	B-Language
has	O
built-in	O
support	O
for	O
multiple	O
caching	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
Infinispan	B-Language
,	O
Ehcache	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Memcached	B-Application
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
extended	O
with	O
additional	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cache	O
implementations	O
can	O
be	O
configured	O
within	O
the	O
Lucee	B-Language
server	O
,	O
then	O
used	O
within	O
an	O
application	O
—	O
both	O
explicitly	O
and	O
implicitly	O
—	O
for	O
the	O
caching	O
of	O
database	O
results	O
,	O
function	O
call	O
results	O
,	O
external	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
request	O
results	O
,	O
serialized	O
session	O
storage	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
flexible	O
backing	O
store	O
for	O
an	O
in-process	O
RAM-based	O
file-system	O
abstraction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucee	B-Language
supports	O
multiple	O
virtual	O
file	O
systems	O
—	O
built-in	O
abstractions	O
of	O
various	O
local	O
and	O
remote	O
resources	O
—	O
including	O
zip	B-General_Concept
,	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
,	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
S3	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
allow	O
the	O
Lucee	B-Language
server	O
and	O
developer	O
to	O
treat	O
access	O
to	O
an	O
abstracted	O
resource	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
manner	O
as	O
a	O
local	O
file	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucee	B-Language
is	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
Markup	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
CFML	B-Language
)	O
and	O
therefore	O
has	O
support	O
for	O
both	O
the	O
tag-based	O
and	O
script-based	O
versions	O
of	O
CFML	B-Language
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lucee	B-Language
project	O
is	O
led	O
by	O
the	O
Lucee	B-Language
Association	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
non-profit	O
Swiss	O
association	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
also	O
has	O
enterprise	O
,	O
corporate	O
,	O
and	O
individual	O
supporters	O
;	O
these	O
supporters	O
are	O
not	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Lucee	B-Language
Association	O
,	O
but	O
help	O
fund	O
and	O
promote	O
the	O
project	O
in	O
exchange	O
for	O
certain	O
benefits	O
.	O
</s>
