Why does setTimeout() “break” for large millisecond delay values?

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This is due to setTimeout using a 32 bit int to store the delay so the max value allowed would be 

2147483647

if you try 

2147483648

you get your problem occurring.

I can only presume this is causing some form of internal exception in the JS Engine and causing the function to fire immediately rather than not at all.

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