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Created July 15, 2011 14:24
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Small sleep function for JavaScript
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sleep.js
/**
* Does nothing (useful) for a specified time.
*
* @param {Uint} The time to sleep, in milliseconds.
*/
function sleep(t){var m=+new Date+t;while(+new Date<m);}
// Please note that this is a pattern that is hardly useful, never advisable and a bit intensive.
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