#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Math::Prime::Util qw/prime_iterator prime_iterator_object
next_prime is_prime
nth_prime_upper prime_precalc/;
my $count = shift || 20;
# Find twin primes (numbers where p and p+2 are prime)
# Time for the first 300k:
#
# Not iterators:
# 0.6s forprimes { say $l if $l+2==$_; $l=$_; } 64764841
# 1.0s bin/primes.pl --twin 2 64764839
#
# Iterators with precalc:
# 1.6s get_twin_prime_iterator2
# 2.4s get_twin_prime_iterator1
# 4.2s get_twin_prime_iterator3
# 4.5s get_twin_prime_iterator4 (object iterator)
#
# Iterators without precalc:
# 7.7s get_twin_prime_iterator2
# 8.5s get_twin_prime_iterator1
# 10.8s get_twin_prime_iterator3
# 16.7s get_twin_prime_iterator4 (object iterator)
#
# Alternatives:
# 251.9s Math::NumSeq::TwinPrimes (Perl 5.19.7, Math::NumSeq 67)
# This speeds things up, but isn't necessary.
my $estimate = 5000 + int( nth_prime_upper($count) * 1.4 * log($count) );
prime_precalc($estimate);
# Create a twin prime iterator using the prime_iterator construct
sub get_twin_prime_iterator1 {
my $p = shift || 2;
my $it = prime_iterator($p);
my $prev = $it->(); # prev = 2
$p = $it->(); # p = 3
return sub {
do {
($prev, $p) = ($p, $it->())
} while ($p-$prev) != 2;
$prev;
};
}
# Create a twin prime iterator using the next_prime function
# A bit faster than the prime_iterator version.
sub get_twin_prime_iterator2 {
my $start = shift || 2;
my $p = next_prime($start-1);
my $prev = next_prime($p);
return sub {
do {
($prev, $p) = ($p, next_prime($p))
} while ($p-$prev) != 2;
$prev;
};
}
# Use Iterator::Simple
#use Iterator::Simple qw/igrep/;
#sub get_twin_prime_iterator3 {
# my $start = shift || 2;
# return igrep { is_prime($_+2) } prime_iterator($start);
#}
# Not very efficient, using object iterator and peek.
sub get_twin_prime_iterator4 {
my $p = shift || 2;
my $it = Math::Prime::Util::prime_iterator_object($p);
$p = $it->value();
return sub {
$it->next() while $it->peek() - $it->value() != 2;
$it->iterate();
};
}
my $twinit = get_twin_prime_iterator2();
for (1..$count) {
print $twinit->(), "\n";
}