This is something I've been working on for a while, and I thought it might be fun to push it out to the group to see if anyone can better my efforts.
The challange is to write a Windows Console App that generates prime numbers. It does not need to generate them in any specific order, record them, or even catch all primes. The aim is to calculate as many unique primes as possible in 10 seconds. Obviously, this will depend on the processor it runs on, so that will be taken into account. Once you have a solution, please post your results like the following: (this is example data only) CPU: Intel E6300 Cores: 2 RAM: 1GB OS: Vista Home Premium .Net: 3.5 Number of primes in 10 seconds: 10,000 Highest Prime found: 123247 To confirm your code is working properly, please post some large primes (~100000) your code has found to verify that it is working correctly. Please also be willing to share your code. Please enter, just for fun, and enjoy :) PS. A Prime is a number that is only divisible by itself and 1. 1 is not a prime, 2 is, 3 is, 4 isn't, 5 is etc.
