jQuery body vs. document.body selector (v24)

Revision 24 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<section id="content">
</section>

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$('body')
var $body = $('body'),
  $section = $body.find('#content'),
  str = "How now brown cow",
  i = 100;

while (i--) {
  $section.html(str);
}
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$(document.body)
var $body = $(document.body),
  $section = $body.find('#content'),
  str = "How now brown cow",
  i = 100;

while (i--) {
  $section.html(str);
}
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$('body') : not cached
var $body = $('body'),
  $section = $('body').find('#content'),
  str = "How now brown cow",
  i = 100;

while (i--) {
  $section.html(str);
}
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$(document.body) : not cached
var $body = $(document.body),
  $section = $(document.body).find('#content'),
  str = "How now brown cow",
  i = 100;

while (i--) {
  $section.html(str);
}
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JS
var d = document;
var db = d.body;
var section = d.getElementById('content');
var str = "How now brown cow"
var i = 100;
while (i--) {
  section.innerHTML(str);
}
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