Some readers may feel that despite all of these concerns, the earlier algorithm is somehow “morally” the Sieve of Eratosthenes. I would argue, however, that they are confusing a mathematical abstraction drawn from the Sieve of Eratosthenes with the actual algorithm. The algorithmic details, such as how you remove all the multiples of 17, matter.
— Smack down complaining that most Haskell examples of the Sieve of Eratothenes aren’t, you know, Keeping it real
Posted December 12, 2008 at 2:23pm
