Concatenation vs Array Join (v8)

Revision 8 of this benchmark created by Leonardo Dutra on

Preparation HTML

<script>
  var i, str;
</script>

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Concatenation: string + string
str = '';
i = 0;
while (i++ < 100) {
 str += 'a';
}
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Buffer: Array.prototype.join
str = [];
i = 0;
while (i < 100) {
 str[i++] = 'a';
}
str = str.join('');
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String index: 'string'[index]
// This has compatibility issues (mainly IE)
str = '';
i = 0;
while (i < 100) {
 str[i++] = 'a';
}
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