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AWS Lambda is basically cgi-bin. Except, of course, they re-branded it as an exciting new technology, which I think was a clever move on their part.

• silisili 4y ago
  Correct me if im wrong, but cgi-bin things executed from scratch each time IIRC. Whereas lambda will stay running for a period of receiving requests.
  • pjc50 4y ago
    That's correct - and a system called "fastcgi" was built to give persistent execution and avoid startup time.