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Authors of ECMAScript 2016, the next upgrade to the standard underlying JavaScript, are readying async functions and SIMD capabilities for possible inclusion in the official specification.

Under a plan to have ECMAScript upgraded each year, the 2016 version would be available June 16 of next year, said Brian Terlson a Microsoft senior program manager  serving on ECMA Technical Committee 39, which is developing the specification. But Terlson, speaking at the QCon conference in San Francisco on Monday, cautioned that all feature plans are still tentative. The ECMAScript 2015 specification was approved in June, marking the most significant update to the standard in more than 15 years.

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