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Your point is that modules has a conceptual underpinning. My point is that the actual world in not the same as that concept.

I use modules for all the reasons. Your assertion that require() or importSync() represents a willful misunderstanding is silly and arrogant.

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My assertion is that, having been made aware of the pitfalls of effectful imports, continuing to argue for using them requires a willful misunderstanding.

People outside the context of this discussion could simply be uninformed, they don’t need to be willfully misunderstanding.

No. It is a result of a practical, engineering perspective. I love theory. It's necessary for moving the world forward.

I also love getting things to work. Three quarters of NPM packages are CJS. Several of them are ones I wrote.

The reason they are not ESM is that the theoretically pure folks had control and I voted with my fingers because everything I do has to fit in my a substantial amount of existing CJS code.

Arguing for practical solutions that accommodate an imperfect world is absolutely correct.

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