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It's a shame the v8 5.5 backport (https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11029) didn't make it in but it looks like it won't be long.

Yep, should be soon, it's already going into 7.5.1 test builds https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11062#issuecomment-27658... Instructions are there on how to install the test build it with nvm, so you can start using it already :)

Can't wait... need me some async await without babel.

In 7.2.x, you could do async await with just a --harmony flag.

I might be mistaken but I believe there were some major performance issues with the older async/await implementation.

Yes, on the other hand, if you are like me and use them for one-off scripts, they are great.