Javascript sleep(), will block browser, block setTimeout either

I found this Javascript sleep function here and it works in FF9, Chrome 14 (tested).

function sleep(ms) {
 ms += new Date().getTime();
 while (new Date() < ms){}
}

This function will block browser from doing anything, even setTimeout()
E.g.:

/*BEGIN*/
setTimeout(alert('stupid'), 1000); 
sleep(2000);
// after sleep completed, setTimeout has its turn to run.
// The alert() will be shown after 3 seconds from /*BEGIN*/

This might be a stupid thing but sometimes you have to do stupid work and it’s required.

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