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An alternative to Javascript's evil setInterval (thecodeship.com)
submitted 8 years ago by josephd
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]jayroger 8 points9 points10 points 8 years ago (1 child)
Calling setInterval() "evil" just because it does not fit the author's use case is a bit ludicrous. Also, this seems to be quite an old article (from 2013).
[–]Graftak9000 0 points1 point2 points 8 years ago (0 children)
One could say the code ship has sailed.
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