Python and JS can both execute code when loading libraries (`import foo` and `require('foo')` respectively).
Yet the Python CLI apps I've seen have to do much more work to ensure good startup performance (e.g. `myapp --help` not being slow). I'm not sure why.
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I've written CLI programs, GUIs, websites, but never a smartphone app. I suspect it would be tricky: playing with your WIP app on a laptop doesn't feel the same as loading it on a handset.
Have you ever written a smartphone app to scratch an itch? How was it?
I've seen computer games that give you gameplay tips on loading screens. Perhaps compilers could do same thing?
Whilst you're waiting for the compile to complete, you could say "now in version X, new syntax Y!"
Turns out that patching Emacs' library loading whilst silencing user feedback can lead to some really interesting bugs: https://github.com/cask/shut-up/pull/12/commits/2495e8bf3d424f88f82679dd94def6b87960c4a9
This might be the longest commit message I've ever written. I think a good message tries to persuade the maintainer to accept the PR.