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+! Copyright (C) 2012 John Benediktsson
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: kernel math memoize sequences ;
+IN: benchmark.memoize
+
+MEMO: mem1 ( n -- n ) 1 + ;
+MEMO: mem2 ( n n -- n ) + ;
+MEMO: mem3 ( n n n -- n ) + + ;
+MEMO: mem4 ( n n n n -- n ) + + + ;
+
+: memoize-benchmark ( -- )
+    1000 [
+        1000 iota [
+            [ mem1 ] keep [ mem2 ] 2keep [ mem3 ] 3keep mem4 drop
+        ] each
+    ] times ;
+
+MAIN: memoize-benchmark