/* The Computer Language Shootout http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/ contributed by Isaac Gouy (Scala novice) */ object sieve { def main(args: Array[String]) = { var n = toPositiveInt(args); val start = 2; val stop = 8192; val isPrime = new Array[Boolean](stop+1); var count: Int = 0; while (n>0) { count = 0; for (i <- Iterator.range(start,stop+1)) isPrime(i)=true; for (i <- Iterator.range(start,stop+1)) { if( isPrime(i) ) { var k = i+i; while (k<=stop) { isPrime(k)=false; k=k+i; } count = count+1; } } n=n-1; } Console.println("Count: " + count); } private def toPositiveInt(s: Array[String]) = { val i = try { Integer.parseInt(s(0)); } catch { case _ => 1 } if (i>0) i; else 1; } }