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// The following code, on its own (with nothing else)
// generates ~500 KB of gc every ~2.5 seconds in 49.0.2568.0 canary (64-bit / Windows 7)
// Update: Appears it's an issue with Dev Tools: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=120186
// Using JS Profiler creates lots of garbage in the JS Heap. Wonderful.
function update (now) {
window.requestAnimationFrame(update);
}
window.requestAnimationFrame(update);
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