Still not convinced you need any such idiom...
I'm not either, but they are not, believe it or not, "multiple executions of a non-persistent script...." they are multiple executions of a persistent script that remains persistent between executions.
Its hard to image but take a look at this (and its not running as an apache module of any kind) :
http://redspot.jupiterhost.net/cgi-sys/howisthishappening.pl
http://danconia.org
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