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+USING: kernel math sequences splitting ;
+IN: benchmark.splitting
+
+: test-data ( -- seq seps ) 
+    1000 iota dup [ 10 /i zero? ] filter ; ! not inline to prevent type inference
+
+: splitting-benchmark ( -- )
+    test-data 1,000 [
+        over [ even? ] split-when drop
+        over [ even? ] split-when-slice drop
+        2dup split drop
+        2dup split* drop
+    ] times 2drop ;
+
+MAIN: splitting-benchmark