createDocumentFragment vs appendChild on non-appended element (v8)

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

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

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

var frag = document.createDocumentFragment();

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

form.appendChild(frag);

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

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

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