Maybe so, although there's usually at least some justification for it, whether it's performance related or just as simple as "the API can get a lot better when

Maybe so, although there's usually at least some justification for it, whether it's performance related or just as simple as "the API can get a lot better when it can track some state so you don't have to pass every initialization value in every time." I particularly don't agree with the latter most of the time, but I can see how they arrive at the gen server conclusion.