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+! Copyright (C) 2014 John Benediktsson
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license
+
+USING: kernel math namespaces ;
+
+IN: benchmark.namespaces
+
+SYMBOL: foo
+SYMBOL: bar
+SYMBOL: baz
+
+: namespaces-benchmark ( -- )
+    200 [
+        123 foo [
+            200 [
+                456 bar [
+                    200 [
+                        789 baz [
+                            foo get 123 assert=
+                            bar get 456 assert=
+                            baz get 789 assert=
+                        ] with-variable
+                    ] times
+                ] with-variable
+            ] times
+        ] with-variable
+    ] times ;
+
+MAIN: namespaces-benchmark