xref: /original-bsd/games/primes/primes.h (revision 09b04dfe)
1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 1989 The Regents of the University of California.
3  * All rights reserved.
4  *
5  * This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
6  * Landon Curt Noll.
7  *
8  * %sccs.include.redist.c%
9  *
10  *	@(#)primes.h	5.2 (Berkeley) 06/01/90
11  */
12 
13 /*
14  * primes - generate a table of primes between two values
15  *
16  * By: Landon Curt Noll   chongo@toad.com,   ...!{sun,tolsoft}!hoptoad!chongo
17  *
18  *   chongo <for a good prime call: 391581 * 2^216193 - 1> /\oo/\
19  */
20 
21 /* ubig is the type that holds a large unsigned value */
22 typedef unsigned long ubig;           /* must be >=32 bit unsigned value */
23 
24 /*
25  * sieve parameters
26  */
27 #define BIG ((ubig)0xffffffff)        /* highest value we will sieve */
28 #define SEMIBIG ((ubig)0x7fffffff)    /* highest signed value */
29 #define NEG_SEMIBIG ((ubig)0x80000000) /* lowest signed value */
30 #define TABSIZE 256*1024 /* bytes in sieve table (must be > 3*5*7*11) */
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