Top-Level Awaiting for Godot
summary
Walks through a real implementation effort: attempted a Node patch (which breaks require timing), spec edits that add an async‑block start and per‑module promise capabilities, and the TC39 path from proposal to stage two. Compares two semantics, variant B (allow siblings to run) vs blocking variant, lists concrete hazards — blocking, deadlocks, CommonJS interop — and shows tests, spec text, and next steps toward VM implementations for top-level await.
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