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+! Copyright (C) 2012 John Benediktsson
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: arrays fry kernel math math.parser regexp sequences
+strings ;
+IN: benchmark.regexp
+
+: regexp-benchmark ( -- )
+    200
+    10,000 iota [ number>string ] map
+    200 iota [ 1 + CHAR: a <string> ] map
+    '[
+        _ R/ \d+/ [ matches? ] curry all? t assert=
+        _ R/ [a]+/ [ matches? ] curry all? t assert=
+    ] times ;
+
+MAIN: regexp-benchmark