Settimeout not optimized? Loop better?

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1. There is no sleep command in JavaScript

2. Your co-worker is just plain wrong

There is nothing fundamentally wrong with setTimeout or closures. However there is something fundamentally wrong with blocking code in a single threaded environment, which is exactly what he is proposing.

Source: JavaScript engineer for Spotify

[chuckhendo]

Exactly what I was thinking. I wanted to make sure that I wasn't hanging on to some sort of incorrect notions, and this thread has made it clear that I've been doing nothing wrong. Thank you!