import java.util.*; /** * This program runs the Sieve of Erathostenes benchmark. It computes all primes up to 2,000,000. * @version 1.21 2004-08-03 * @author Cay Horstmann */ public class Sieve { public static void main(String[] s) { int n = 2000000; long start = System.currentTimeMillis(); BitSet b = new BitSet(n + 1); int count = 0; int i; for (i = 2; i <= n; i++) b.set(i); i = 2; while (i * i <= n) { if (b.get(i)) { count++; int k = 2 * i; while (k <= n) { b.clear(k); k += i; } } i++; } while (i <= n) { if (b.get(i)) count++; i++; } long end = System.currentTimeMillis(); System.out.println(count + " primes"); System.out.println((end - start) + " milliseconds"); } }