// This script uses the Sieve of Eratosthenes to calculate prime numbers. let now = timestamp(); const MAX_NUMBER_TO_CHECK = 100_000; // 9592 primes <= 100000 let prime_mask = []; prime_mask.pad(MAX_NUMBER_TO_CHECK, true); prime_mask[0] = false; prime_mask[1] = false; let total_primes_found = 0; for p in range(2, MAX_NUMBER_TO_CHECK) { if !prime_mask[p] { continue; } print(p); total_primes_found += 1; for i in range(2 * p, MAX_NUMBER_TO_CHECK, p) { prime_mask[i] = false; i += p; } } print("Total " + total_primes_found + " primes <= " + MAX_NUMBER_TO_CHECK); print("Run time = " + now.elapsed + " seconds."); if total_primes_found != 9_592 { print("The answer is WRONG! Should be 9,592!"); }