Javascript code for making my browser slow down

Question

I\'m writing a library for WebWorkers, and I want to test the difference between running a script in the main page thread, versus in one or more workers. The problem is: I can\'

Answer 1

Try using the obvious (and bad) recursive implementation for the Fibonacci sequence:

function fib(x) {
  if (x <= 0) return 0;
  if (x == 1) return 1;
  return fib(x-1) + fib(x-2);
}

Calling it with values of ~30 to ~35 (depending entirely on your system) should produce good "slow down" times in the range you seek. The call stack shouldn't get very deep and the algorithm is something like O(2^n).