Reasoning behind the async attribute

It seems to me that async is a new thing and isn't describing existing  
behavior. Correct?

I searched the obvious places and couldn't find a discussion leading  
to its addition. Why was it added and does it have implementor interest?

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Henri Sivonen
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Received on Friday, 10 July 2009 12:39:03 UTC