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title: "How Fast is Fast? How Slow is Slow? A Benchmark Program for the TS1000"
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excerpt: "Speed benchmark program adapted from BYTE, January 1983 issue, page 283, listing 5. It is a program for generating prime numbers based on the Sieve of Eratosthenes. Since it is designed to run in compiled languages, the program runs ten times, giving humans a chance to time its speed on faster systems."
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pubdate: "January & February 1984"
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# How Fast is Fast? How Slow is Slow? A Benchmark Program for the TS1000

Speed benchmark program adapted from BYTE, January 1983 issue, page 283, listing 5. It is a program for generating prime numbers based on the Sieve of Eratosthenes. Since it is designed to run in compiled languages, the program runs ten times, giving humans a chance to time its speed on faster systems.