Very instructive comment, thankyou. The need for a single process seems to be the biggest problem for me, since it prohibits hooking up this system with a frame

Very instructive comment, thankyou. The need for a single process seems to be the biggest problem for me, since it prohibits hooking up this system with a framework like Pylons. Practically then, this is probably over my head right now, and overkill for my needs, but it is something I hope to explore as I learn more.