[erlang-questions] first erlang program

[Steve Davis]

And... for fun... a refactored version that should scale and also avoid 
io:format:

-module(eratos).

-export([primes/1]).

primes(Max) ->
ResultPid = self(),
Pid = spawn(fun() -> sieve(ResultPid) end),
    map(Pid, 2, Max).

map(Pid, N, Max) when N =< Max ->
    Pid ! N,
    map(Pid, N + 1, Max);
map(Pid, _, _) ->
    Pid ! done,
    reduce([]).

reduce(Acc) ->
    receive
done ->
    lists:reverse(Acc);
Prime ->
    reduce([Prime|Acc])
    end.

sieve(ResultPid) ->
    receive 
    done ->
        ResultPid ! done;
    Prime when is_integer(Prime) ->
        ResultPid ! Prime,
        Pid = spawn(fun() -> sieve(ResultPid) end),
        sieve(Prime, Pid)
    end.

sieve(Prime, Pid) ->
    receive
    done ->
        Pid ! done;
    N when N rem Prime =/= 0 ->
        Pid ! N,
        sieve(Prime, Pid);
    N when is_integer(N) ->
        sieve(Prime, Pid)        
    end.


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