ruby--ruby/sample/sieve.rb

# sieve of Eratosthenes
sieve = []
max = Integer(ARGV.shift || 100)

print "1"
for i in 2 .. max 
  begin
    for d in sieve
      fail if i % d == 0
    end
    print ", "
    print i
    sieve.push(i)
  rescue
  end
end
print "\n"