BoxLang combines many features from different programming languages, including Java, CFML, Python, Ruby, Go, and PHP, to provide developers with a modern and expressive syntax.

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BoxLang has been designed to be a highly adaptable and dynamic language to take advantage of all the modern features of the JVM and was designed with several goals in mind:

• Be a rapid application development (RAD) scripting language and middleware.
• Unstagnate the dynamic language ecosystem in Java.
• Be dynamic, modular, lightweight, and fast.
• Be 100% interoperable with Java.
• Be modern, functional, and fluent (Think mixing CFML, Node, Kotlin, Java, and Clojure)
• Be able to support multiple runtimes and deployment targets:
  • Native OS Binaries (CLI Tooling, compilers, etc.)
  • MiniServer
  • Servlet Containers - CommandBox/Tomcat/Jetty/JBoss
  • JSR223 Scripting Engines
  • AWS Lambda
  • Microsoft Azure Functions (Coming Soon)
  • Android/iOS Devices (Coming Soon)
  • Web assembly (Coming Soon)

• Compile down to Java ByteCode

• Allow backward compatibility with the existing ColdFusion/CFML language.
• Great IDE, Debugger and Tooling: https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/getting-started/ide-tooling
• Scripting (Any OS and Shebang) and REPL capabilities

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Last modified 05 June 2025

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