createDocumentFragment vs appendChild on non-appended element (v6)

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Normal Append
var d = document;
var form = d.createElement('form');
d.body.appendChild(form);

for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
  form.appendChild(d.createElement('input'));
}

d.body.removeChild(form);
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Document Fragment
var d = document;
var form = d.createElement('form');
d.body.appendChild(form);

var frag = d.createDocumentFragment();

for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
  frag.appendChild(d.createElement('input'));
}

form.appendChild(frag);

d.body.removeChild(form);
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Normal Append Last
var d = document;
var form = d.createElement('form');

for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
  form.appendChild(d.createElement('input'));
}

d.body.appendChild(form);
d.body.removeChild(form);
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