Killing a JavaScript function which runs infinite

Question

As an example

var runInfinite = function(){
    while(1)
    {
       // Do stuff;
    }
};

setTimeout(runInfinite, 0);

Is it possible to

Answer 1

I've just tested on my browser.

AFAIK, the while(1) block will literally block the thread and not allow anything else to run. I don't have sources other than experience, but using the Chrome developer toolkit thing ctrl+shift+i typing while(1){} will block everything else due to the fact that browser-javascript is single threaded.

However, if you're using node.js, you may be able to as it has multithreading capabilities. If anyone is familiar enough with node.js and is willing to answer/edit, go for it. I've never quite used it.