The motivation for this entry is based on chapter 5 of the book Agile Software Development Principles, Patterns and Practices by Robert Martin. In that chapter the author writes an initial program with correct output. The issue is that it is not as simple to follow (and possibly maintain) as the final one. The final one is longer but much easier to follow.
I was not able to find the source code in the URL specified by the book: www.objectmentor.com/PPP (the domain is up for grabs). I wanted to determine if the performance would be different (better) for the short program when compared against the longer one, which also outputs the same results. Continue reading “Prime Numbers”