webworkers keep running after clicking STOP

[blonkm]

The webworkers in genetic.js have no way of stopping. The code has to finish all iterations.

I already tried to use close() and terminate(), but they don't seem to work.

it's possible to completely get rid of the webworkers, since they're not really necessary for this small problem.

Perhaps this can help: https://github.com/lodenrogue/genetic-algorithm-js

or https://github.com/panchishin/geneticalgorithm

[blonkm]

Solution is to use setTimeout with a regular 'pause' so the worker can be interrupted.