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+USING: kernel math.parser sequences ;
+IN: benchmark.parse-fixnum
+
+: parse-fixnum-benchmark ( -- )
+    2,000,000 iota [
+        [ number>string string>number ] [ assert= ] bi
+    ] each ;
+
+MAIN: parse-fixnum-benchmark