Shows that node's timers are borken and execute out of order.

timers.js

(function run () {
  
  //2013.09.27 jorge@jorgechamorro.com
  //Shows that node's timers are borken and often execute out of order
  
  console.log('\nBEGIN');
  var MAX= 666;
  var last= 0;
  var items= 0;
  var errores= 0;
  for (var t=0 ; items<MAX ; t+=rnd(2)) setTimeout(getitem(items++), t);

  function getitem (item) {
    return function itemTimeout () {
      if (last>item) errores++, console.log('ERR '+last+' before '+item);
      last= item;
      if (!--items) console.log('END '+errores+' errores'), run();
    };
  }

  function rnd (n) { return Math.floor(Math.random()*n) }
})();