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+! Copyright (C) 2012 John Benediktsson
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: math threads ;
+IN: benchmark.yield
+
+: yield-benchmark ( -- )
+    100,000 [ yield ] times ;
+
+MAIN: yield-benchmark