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On Thursday, April 12, 2012 8:28:16 AM UTC-6, Thomas Locke wrote:
> 
> > I also did not use the AWS session management, as I find it not very
> > convincing. Any nontrivial session-based operation requires the
> > implementation of additional data structures, which can easily
> > accommodate the complete session handling. There is no reason to use
> > multiple layers of mapping data structures for something that is a
> > consistent functional block.
> 
> 
> 
> Ahh yes, the AWS session management system. I too feel that it would be
> nice if it were a bit more "flexible", for lack of a better word.

Slightly off-topic, but it's my general impression that a lot of cruft/difficulty in web-development stems from the attempt to impose state on what was developed to be stateless. Would you agree?