diff --git a/performance/Makefile b/performance/Makefile
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index 000000000..3848042f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/performance/Makefile
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+TESTS=$(sort $(basename $(wildcard *.lama)))
+
+LAMAC=../src/lamac
+
+.PHONY: check $(TESTS)
+
+check: $(TESTS)
+
+$(TESTS): %: %.lama
+	@echo $@
+	LAMA=../runtime $(LAMAC)  $< && `which time` -f "$@\t%U" ./$@
+
+clean:
+	$(RM) test*.log *.s *~ $(TESTS) *.i
diff --git a/performance/Sort.lama b/performance/Sort.lama
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index 000000000..3152c5d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/performance/Sort.lama
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+fun bubbleSort (l) {
+  fun inner (l) {
+    case l of
+      x : z@(y : tl) ->
+       if compare (x, y) > 0
+       then [true, y : inner (x : tl) [1]]
+       else case inner (z) of [f, z] -> [f, x : z] esac
+       fi
+    | _ -> [false, l]
+    esac
+  }
+
+  fun rec (l) {
+    case inner (l) of
+      [true , l] -> rec (l)
+    | [false, l] -> l
+    esac
+  }
+
+  rec (l)
+}
+
+fun generate (n) {
+  if n then n : generate (n-1) else {} fi
+}
+
+bubbleSort (generate (1000))
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