package main // Go version of a prime number finder import ( "fmt" "math" "os" "strconv" ) // In stead of in place printing of each prime, it seems // fmt.Println is costly, and causes the program to take // 7x more time, so we gain speed at the expense of RAM // by storing them all in a slice and printing once func main() { if len(os.Args) < 2 { fmt.Println("Usage: go run primes.go [MAX]") return } primes := make([]int, 0) max, _ := strconv.Atoi(os.Args[1]) for i := 3; i < max; i += 2 { isPrime := true for j := 3; j <= int(math.Ceil(math.Sqrt(float64(i)))); j += 2 { if i%j == 0 { isPrime = false break } } if isPrime { primes = append(primes, i) } } fmt.Println(primes) }