local bench = script and require(script.Parent.bench_support) or require("bench_support") function test() -- the sieve of of Eratosthenes programmed with coroutines -- typical usage: lua -e N=1000 sieve.lua | column -- generate all the numbers from 2 to n function gen (n) return coroutine.wrap(function () for i=2,n do coroutine.yield(i) end end) end -- filter the numbers generated by `g', removing multiples of `p' function filter (p, g) return coroutine.wrap(function () while 1 do local n = g() if n == nil then return end if n % p ~= 0 then coroutine.yield(n) end end end) end local ts0 = os.clock() for loops=1,100 do N = 1000 x = gen(N) -- generate primes up to N while 1 do local n = x() -- pick a number until done if n == nil then break end -- print(n) -- must be a prime number x = filter(n, x) -- now remove its multiples end end local ts1 = os.clock() return ts1-ts0 end bench.runCode(test, "sieve")