[Edu-sig] what? (late nite entertainment) (*)

[Stephen Thorne]

More correctly, it generates a list of numbers less than n, then removes 
all numbers from that list that aren't prime. Also, it breaks if n < 3.

Its definately an interesting implementation. I'm not sure I like the 
'y' variable.

Stephen.

Dethe Elza wrote:

> Well, it seems to generate primes less than n, but breaks if n < 2 
> (perhaps it should return an empty list?)
>
> Another entry for obfuscated python... %-)
>
> --Dethe
>
> On 28-Jan-04, at 2:33 PM, Gregor Lingl wrote:
>
>> def what(n):
>>    x,y = range(n), [0]*n
>>    x[1]= 0
>>    z = 0
>>    while z*z <= n:
>>        z+=1
>>        if x[z]: x[z*z:n:z]=y[z*z:n:z]
>>    return [z for z in x if z]
>>
> This past week, everyday when I opened my Wall Street Journal, I was 
> met with a full page ad from Microsoft. This ad was dominated by three 
> simple words "Protect your PC." This strikes me as something akin to 
> the Saudi government running ads in the New York Times in 
> mid-September of 2001 saying "Protect your Tall Buildings." --Russ 
> McGuire
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