This gist...
http://gist.github.com/4010472
...contains a program that executes a function every millisecond using
setInterval. It then uses setTimeout to executes a function every two
milliseconds, then every millisecond, then it invokes a function
repeatedly with a zero value (which is supposed to be reset to 1
according to the documentation.) Finally, it invokes a function
repeatedly using nextTick.
Using the high-resolution timer, the program samples the intervals and
prints them to standard out.
The setInterval function works as expected, invoking its callback at
millisecond intervals. With a value of 2, setTimeout will invoke its
callback after a two millisecond interval. With a value of 1 or 0,
setTimeout calls back its callback immediately, in about two
microseconds, a little bit faster than nextTick.
Is this correct? I'd expect that setTimeout would always wait for at
least a millisecond before invoking its callback.
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Alan Gutierrez - @bigeasy