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Subject:    [Haskell-cafe] Re: FASTER primes (was: Re: Code and Perf. Data	for
From:       Will Ness <will_n48 () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2009-12-30 10:05:18
Message-ID: loom.20091230T105954-140 () post ! gmane ! org
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Daniel Fischer <daniel.is.fischer <at> web.de> writes:


> 

No, it's my own code. Nothing elaborate, just sieving numbers 6k ±1, twice as
fast as the haskellwiki code (here) and uses only 1/3 the memory. For the record:

.....


thanks! will need to sift through it thoroughly... :) :)



> >
> > BTW I think a really smart compiler should just get a specification, like
> > Turner's sieve, and just derive a good code from that by itself.
> 
> Go ahead and write one. I would love such a beast.
> 
> >
> > Another example would be
> >
> >   qq n m = sum $ take n $ cycle [1..m]
> >
> > which should really get compiled into just a math formula, IMO. Now _that_
> > I would call a good compiler.
> 
> Dream on, dream on, with hope in your heart.


Those who can't do, dream. And rant. :)


> 
> Maybe you'd like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_(programming_language) ?


niice. 

:)


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