javascript set interval run as separate thread?

Question

I want to use a timer as a fallback in case I end up in an infinite loop. It seems that set interval is the right way to do this. However, it\'s not working for me.

Fro

Answer 1

zerkms has the correct answer. But I would add that web workers are a way to get some multi-threaded-ish behavior from client side javascript.

var worker = new Worker('my_task.js');
worker.onmessage = function(event) {
 console.log("Called back by the worker!\n");
};

The worker runs in a background thread, and you can exchange messages and subscribe to events. It's pretty nifty.