diff --git a/benchmarks/bench-permute.b b/benchmarks/bench-permute.b
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+# This code is derived from the SOM benchmarks, see AUTHORS.md file.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Stefan Marr <git@stefan-marr.de>
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+# THE SOFTWARE.
+# 
+# By Richard Ore
+# Copied from https://github.com/smarr/are-we-fast-yet/blob/master/benchmarks/JavaScript/permute.js
+
+
+class Permute {
+  Permute() {
+    self.count = 0
+    self.v = 0
+  }
+
+  benchmark() {
+    self.count = 0
+    self.v = [0] * 6
+    self.permute(6)
+    return self.count
+  }
+
+  permute(n) {
+    self.count++
+    if n != 0 {
+      var n1 = n - 1
+      self.permute(n1)
+      
+      for i in n1..(-1) {
+        self.swap(n1, i)
+        self.permute(n1)
+        self.swap(n1, i)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  swap(i, j) {
+    var tmp = self.v[i]
+    self.v[i] = self.v[j]
+    self.v[j] = tmp
+  }
+}
+
+var start = microtime()
+echo Permute().benchmark() == 8660
+var end = microtime()
+
+echo 'Time taken = ${(end - start) / 1000000} seconds'
+
diff --git a/benchmarks/bench-queens.b b/benchmarks/bench-queens.b
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+# This code is derived from the SOM benchmarks, see AUTHORS.md file.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Stefan Marr <git@stefan-marr.de>
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+# THE SOFTWARE.
+# 
+# Created by Richard Ore
+# based on https://github.com/smarr/are-we-fast-yet/blob/master/benchmarks/JavaScript/queens.js
+
+
+class Queens {
+  Queens() {
+    self.free_maxs = nil
+    self.free_rows = nil
+    self.free_mins = nil
+    self.queen_rows = nil
+  }
+
+  benchmark() {
+    var result = true
+    for i in 0..10 {
+      result = result and self.queens()
+    }
+    return result
+  }
+
+  queens() {
+    self.free_rows = [true] * 8
+    self.free_maxs = [true] * 16
+    self.free_mins = [true] * 16
+    self.queen_rows = [-1] * 8
+
+    return self.place_queen(0)
+  }
+
+  place_queen(c) {
+    for r in 0..8 {
+      if self.get_row_column(r, c) {
+        self.queen_rows[r] = c
+        self.set_row_column(r, c, false)
+
+        if c == 7 {
+          return true
+        }
+
+        if self.place_queen(c + 1) {
+          return true
+        }
+
+        self.set_row_column(r, c, true)
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false
+  }
+
+  get_row_column(r, c) {
+    return self.free_rows[r] and self.free_maxs[c + r] and
+      self.free_mins[c - r + 7]
+  }
+
+  set_row_column(r, c, v) {
+    self.free_rows[r] = v
+    self.free_maxs[c + r] = v
+    self.free_mins[c - r + 7] = v
+  }
+}
+
+var start = microtime()
+echo Queens().benchmark() == true
+var end = microtime()
+
+echo 'Time taken = ${(end - start) / 1000000} seconds'