Why is Thread.Sleep so harmful

The problems with calling Thread.Sleep are explained quite succinctly here: Thread.Sleep has its use: simulating lengthy operations while testing/debugging on an MTA thread. In .NET there’s no other reason to use it. Thread.Sleep(n) means block the current thread for at least the number of timeslices (or thread quantums) that can occur within n milliseconds. The … Read more

JavaScript – Wait for execution

function bar(){ that = this; this.printed = undefined; this.foo = function() { if (typeof this.printed === “undefined”) { this.printed = false; console.log(“a”); setTimeout(function() { that.printed = true; that.foo(); return undefined; }, 0); } if(this.printed == true) { console.log(“b”); console.log(“c”); this.printed = undefined; } } } new bar().foo()