( primes32.tal ) ( ) ( Uses a simple trial-divion method to find primes. ) ( ) ( To determine if x is prime we: ) ( ) ( 1. Check if x is 2 (prime) ) ( 2. Check if x is even (not prime) ) ( 3. Check if x is 3 (prime) ) ( 4. Starting with i=5, we see if x%i is 0 ) ( a. We alternately increment i by 2 and 4 ) ( b. We stop when x < i*i or i=0xffff ) ( 5. If we didn't find an i, x is prime. ) ( ) ( The reason we alternate our increment is because we ) ( know that x%6 must equal 1 or 5. if x%6 was 3 then x ) ( would be divisible by 3. ) ( ) ( This method can be fast for some large composite ) ( numbers but is slower for large primes. ) ( ) ( On my machine, checking 0x7fffffff took 0.5 seconds ) ( and checking 0xfffffffb took 0.9 seconds. Both are ) ( prime numbers. ) ( ) ( Smaller primes also run fairly quickly: 0x17b5d was ) ( determined to be prime in 0.02 seconds. ) %SP { #2018 DEO } %NL { #0a18 DEO } %EXIT { #ff0f DEO BRK } %DUP4 { OVR2 OVR2 } %POP4 { POP2 POP2 } |0100 ( number to check comes first ) #ffff #fffb DUP4 ;is-prime32 JSR2 ( test for primality ) STH ;emit/long JSR2 SP STHr ;emit/byte JSR2 NL EXIT ( include 32-bit math library ) ~math32.tal ( return 01 if x is a prime number, else 00 ) ( works for x >= 2 ) @is-prime32 ( x** -> bool^ ) ,&x1 STR2 ,&x0 STR2 ,&x0 LDR2 ,&x1 LDR2 ( store and reload x ) DUP4 #0000 LIT2 &two 0002 ;ne32 JSR2 ( x is 2? ) ,¬-two JCN POP4 #01 JMP2r ( 2 is prime ) ¬-two DUP #01 AND ( x x&1 ) ,¬-even JCN POP4 #00 JMP2r ( x is even: not prime ) ¬-even DUP4 #0000 #0003 ;ne32 JSR2 ( x is 3? ) ,¬-three JCN POP4 #01 JMP2r ( 3 is prime ) ¬-three #0000 ,&i0 STR2 #0005 ,&i1 STR2 ( x i<-5 ) ,&two LDR2 ,&inc STR2 ,&i0 LDR2 ,&i1 LDR2 ( load our candidate, i ) ,&loop JMP ( jump over register data to loop label ) [ &i0 0000 &i1 0000 &x0 0000 &x1 0000 &inc 0000 &mask 0006 ] ( registers ) &loop ( x i ) ,&x0 LDR2 ,&x1 LDR2 ,&i0 LDR2 ,&i1 LDR2 ( x i x i ) DUP4 ;mul32 JSR2 ;lt32 JSR2 ( x i x