Hi Dod,

  Could you pls expalin what this algorithm is doing and from where you got
it.

Thanks
Nitin
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 2:56 AM, Don <[email protected]> wrote:

> I wrote a program to print prime numbers, but it is not very fast. Can
> someone help me figure out why?
>
>
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> /* This program implements a blindingly fast algorithm
>   to find prime numbers, using an elegant recursive method. */
> int _(int n, int m, int d, int t=0)
> {
>    int r;
>    if (t) return d?1+_(n,m,d-1,d):n?_(n-1,m,m,n):0;
>    for(r=m!=n; d*(t<n); ++t)
>        r &= _(n,_(t,m,0,1),d-1)|!_(t,1,t);
>    return r*n;
> }
>
>
> /*------------------------------------------
>  Print primes up to the requested value
> --------------------------------------------*/
> int main(int argc, char* argv[])
> {
>    for(int n = 2; n <= 1000; n++)
>        printf("%d is%s prime\n",n, _(n,1,n,0)?"":" not");
>
>    return 0;
> }
>
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