Why should I switch to Python? - Infinity of Primes

[Charles Boncelet]

Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:
> Since this is a posted to a computer language group, after all, I

> include my own simple implementation of the Sieve in Haskell:
>

(Haskell code deleted)

>
> I wonder if someone can come up with an equally immediate solution
> (i.e., a straight translation from the mathematical formulation) in
> python?
>
> Indeed, I would be tempted to say that Haskell is better suited for
> learning (some kinds of) mathematics than python.

I don't know any Haskell, but a quick Python sieve is easy:

def sieve(n):
    """find primes up to n by sieve of Erasthones"""
    primes = [2]
    marked = [0]*n
    for p in primes:
        i = p
        while(i < n):
            marked[i] = 1
            i = i + p
        for q in range(p,n):
            if marked[q] == 0:
                primes.append(q)
                break
    return primes


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