#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use warnings; sub get_primes7($) { my ($n) = @_; if ($n < 2) { return (); } if ($n == 2) { return (2); } # do only odd numbers starting at 3 my @s = (); for (my $i = 3; $i < $n + 1; $i += 2) { push(@s, $i); } # n**0.5 simpler than math.sqr(n) my $mroot = $n ** 0.5; my $half = scalar @s; my $i = 0; my $m = 3; while ($m <= $mroot) { if ($s[$i]) { my $j = int(($m*$m - 3) / 2); $s[$j] = 0; while ($j < $half) { $s[$j] = 0; $j += $m; } } $i = $i + 1; $m = 2*$i + 3; } my @res = (2); foreach (@s) { push(@res, $_) if ($_); } return @res; } my @res; for (1..5) { @res = get_primes7(10000000); print scalar @res; print "\n"; }