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How JavaScript Timers Work
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muriithi
on Feb 24, 2008
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edw519
on Feb 24, 2008
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Nice diagram. Thank you.
snorkel
on Feb 25, 2008
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Good point: setInterval() will fire the given function repeatedly no matter if the previous execution of that function is done yet which can lead to an unexpected pile up of calls to the same function.
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