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+! Copyright (C) 2012 John Benediktsson
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license
+
+USING: combinators kernel math math.combinatorics math.ranges
+sequences ;
+
+IN: benchmark.combinatorics
+
+: bench-combinations ( n -- )
+    [1,b] dup clone [
+        {
+            [ all-combinations drop ]
+            [ [ drop ] each-combination ]
+            [ [ first 2 = ] find-combination drop ]
+            [ 0 [ sum + ] reduce-combinations drop ]
+        } 2cleave
+    ] with each ;
+
+: bench-permutations ( n -- )
+    iota {
+        [ all-permutations drop ]
+        [ [ drop ] each-permutation ]
+        [ [ first 2 = ] find-permutation drop ]
+        [ 0 [ sum + ] reduce-permutations drop ]
+    } cleave ;
+
+: combinatorics-benchmark ( -- )
+    15 bench-combinations 8 bench-permutations ;
+
+MAIN: combinatorics-benchmark