I Sleep You 3000

Mon 2019.06.17

@Unreality this experiment is creating a true Unreality! ;-)

Did you catch the bold text just beneath that code snippet from the link provided?

"Note: The above code is NOT recommended."

Forcing the processor to block other requested scheduled tasks is a bad practice, as you have discovered. A forced break/exit is most likely by design as this article points out:

https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/9354/what-mechanisms-prevent-a-process-from-taking-over-the-processor-forever

The datasheet for your particular processor may have an explanation also.

The original snippet using setTimeout is the recommended way to go.

re: 'Which is pretty confusing for the blockly user'

What is the true purpose, an attempt to make Javascript instructions look pretty?