Category : BASIC Source Code
Archive   : LB09D.ZIP
Filename : SIEVE.BAS

 
Output of file : SIEVE.BAS contained in archive : LB09D.ZIP


'This is a Sieve benchmark translated from BYTE 1985
' May, page 286

size = 7000
dim flags(7001)
print "Start one iteration: "; time$()
count = 0
for i = 0 to size
flags(i) = 1
next i
for i = 0 to size
if flags(i) = 0 then 170
prime = i + i + 3
k = i + prime
120 if k > size then 160
flags(k) = 0
k = k + prime
goto 120
160 count = count + 1
170 next i
print time$(); " done: "; count; " primes found."


  3 Responses to “Category : BASIC Source Code
Archive   : LB09D.ZIP
Filename : SIEVE.BAS
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  1. Daniel says:
    January 27, 2013 at 3:59 pm

    Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!

  2. Joshie says:
    March 18, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.

  3. DiskingRound says:
    January 14, 2015 at 10:57 pm

    But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/