[domenicd]

Exactly correct. But note that

> your entry point would be unable to run anything while dependencies are awaiting

is very different from the situation with synchronous I/O (in a single-threaded environment).

With sync I/O, not only is your entry point unable to do anything (which is what it chose to do, by using `import` instead of `import()`), your entire app is unable to do anything! So other entry points are also blocked.

Even worse, since sync I/O blocks the event loop, it prevents the user from interacting with your web page or Node app---e.g. scrolling, clicking links, pressing Ctrl+C to exit, and so on.