It was a thing a good while back. In fact it was the first Application Server. Still around early 2000s it was one of the best ways to create web applications.

It was a thing a good while back. In fact it was the first Application Server. Still around early 2000s it was one of the best ways to create web applications. And then it wasn't. What is interesting is that the Lucee (http://lucee.org/ http://lucee.org/) project doesn't even mention ColdFusion or CFML in the first few pages.