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50K Array, HTML5 Web Worker Demo

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This link appeared in WDRL 157 on 04.11.2016.

50K Array, HTML5 Web Worker Demo

Afshin Mehrabani illustrates the impact of Web Workers when sorting a 50K array with JavaScript on the main thread or in a background task. Great to see why we should consider using asynchronous worker tasks for complex and non-time-critical operations.