Barrier Sync in javascript

JavascriptBarrierSync

function async(arg, callback) {
  console.log('do something with \''+arg+'\', return 1 sec later');
  setTimeout(function() { callback(arg * 2); }, 1000);
}
function final() { console.log('Done', results); }

var items = [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ];
var results = [];

items.forEach(function(item) {
  async(item, function(result){
    results.push(result);
    if(results.length == items.length) {
      final();
    }
  })
});

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