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Re: Primality sieve challenge

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In comp.lang.javascript message <n7k49m$54l$1@news.albasani.net>, Tue,
19 Jan 2016 02:42:13, Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> posted:

>
>A common estimate for the number of atoms in the observable universe is
>10^80. That's a number with ~80 digits. You're going for a number with
>17425170 digits. The raw decimal number takes ~17MB to store in an
>uncompressed ASCII file, like you're proposing. If you were to print it
>out, you'd need around 4k-5k sheets of paper (pages).

<g>
That shows the importance of optimising the base.  One would only need
about 5/6 as many digits in ordinary Hex.  In binary, one would need 3.3
times as many digits; but each digit could be compressed on the paper to
a single black or white pixel, and one could do even better with
coloured pixels.  I estimate that a really good inkjet printer might get
the whole lot onto a single sheet of paper.
</g>

Via the Wayback Machine, http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/js-misc0.htm has
JavaScript code for Sieves of Eratosthenes.

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Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-17 01:40 -0800
  Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-17 02:20 -0800
  Re: Primality sieve challenge Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-17 16:24 +0000
    Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-17 09:03 -0800
      Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-17 09:17 -0800
        Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-17 09:22 -0800
          Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-17 11:32 -0800
          Re: Primality sieve challenge Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 00:13 +0100
            Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-18 04:10 -0800
          Re: Primality sieve challenge Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-18 01:20 +0000
            Re: Primality sieve challenge "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-18 12:16 +0100
              Re: Primality sieve challenge Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-18 11:25 +0000
                Re: Primality sieve challenge "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-18 12:43 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-18 04:18 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-18 04:25 -0800
              Re: Primality sieve challenge Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-18 09:52 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-18 19:23 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-18 10:48 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-18 13:09 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 13:14 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-01-18 22:45 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-18 14:23 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-18 22:56 +0000
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-18 15:02 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-18 16:04 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 02:42 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-18 23:34 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-19 01:34 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-19 06:23 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-19 07:10 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-19 07:15 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-19 08:34 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-19 16:54 +0000
                Re: Primality sieve challenge "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-19 08:57 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-19 10:18 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-19 10:59 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2016-01-20 01:33 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-20 02:10 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-20 02:21 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-20 10:45 +0000
                Re: Primality sieve challenge "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-20 06:43 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-01-20 15:21 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2016-01-21 03:18 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.co.uk> - 2016-01-21 12:12 +0000
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Dr J R Stockton <reply1600@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-01-21 23:20 +0000
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 19:44 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Dr J R Stockton <reply1600@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-01-23 21:50 +0000
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2016-01-24 01:26 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-23 17:54 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@no-spam.ws> - 2016-01-24 13:34 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-25 00:21 +0000
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2016-01-25 03:08 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-01-24 19:35 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-25 03:53 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-18 19:32 +0000
        Re: Primality sieve challenge Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-17 19:51 +0000
          Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-17 13:43 -0800
  Re: Primality sieve challenge "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2016-01-17 12:46 -0800
    Re: Primality sieve challenge Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-01-18 09:50 -0800
      Re: Primality sieve challenge Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-01-18 20:09 +0100
        Re: Primality sieve challenge Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-18 19:28 +0000
          Re: Primality sieve challenge Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-01-18 21:37 +0100
            Re: Primality sieve challenge Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-01-18 13:12 -0800
              Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-18 13:46 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2016-01-18 14:00 -0800
              Re: Primality sieve challenge Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-01-19 13:47 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-01-19 14:04 +0000
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-01-19 19:59 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 10:55 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-01-19 20:04 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 13:42 -0800
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2016-01-21 17:21 +0100
                Re: Primality sieve challenge Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-02-03 19:52 +0100
        Re: Primality sieve challenge Dr J R Stockton <reply1600@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2016-01-19 19:43 +0000

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