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Re: [MacPerl] Prime Numbers

To: Bart Lateur <bart.lateur@skynet.be>
Subject: Re: [MacPerl] Prime Numbers
From: Ronald J Kimball <rjk@linguist.dartmouth.edu>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 16:17:13 -0400
Cc: MacPerl Mailing List <macperl@macperl.org>
In-Reply-To: <37b84d8d.5543525@relay.skynet.be>; from Bart Lateur on Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 05:48:06PM +0000
References: <Pine.SOL.4.10.9908161057400.5182-100000@lab31.eng.auburn.edu> <37b84d8d.5543525@relay.skynet.be>

On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 05:48:06PM +0000, Bart Lateur wrote:
>  - Try to divide by all primes found so far (except 1).
> 

Which is no problem, since 1 isn't prime anyway.

>  - Apart from 2, you needn't test any even numbers.
> 

Also, you don't need to divide by any even numbers.  An even number times
any integer is always even.

Ronald

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