From: Dee Zsombor Date: 2005-06-28T17:30:41+09:00 Subject: Re: I saw the beauty of Ruby Re: 1. Ruby result: 101 seconds , 2. Java result:9.8 seconds, 3. Perl result:62 seconds My algorithmic ramblings gone unheard ... for performance language matters less! Try to run for the first 1_000_000_000 numbers with any language on any hardware with any kind of varitions on Erastothenes sieve. And see if you can beat the 8 second mark produced with an obsolete Pentium II 350 Mhz that uses the Atkin sieve. See http://cr.yp.to/primegen.html. --- http://deezsombor.blogspot.com