JavaScript considered harmful (was Re: New online index to Beazley's tutorials)

[Graham Ashton]

In article <a1f5qv$nn$1 at panix3.panix.com>, "Aahz Maruch" <aahz at panix.com>
wrote:

> In article <mailman.1010503150.8677.python-list at python.org>, Neil
> Schemenauer  <nas at python.ca> wrote:
>>Aahz Maruch wrote:
>>>
>>> [..] cookies for sessions IDs is absurd.
>>
>>Why?
> 
> You tell me why you think they're not absurd and I'll tell you why
> you're wrong, keeping in mind that I'm leaving in two hours to get my
> head cut open.

I hope it went well.

So what would you use for session IDs if you don't want to pollute your
URL with extra gunk? Alex's point about keeping your URL clean is a good
one, and one that I usually aspire to.

-- 
Graham