PostScript Program for a Table of Primes
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%!PS
% Let the printer compute the primes...
/max 10000 def % primes from 2 to max
% Paper size (letter)
/paperx 8.5 72 mul def
/papery 11 72 mul def
/marginx .5 72 mul def
/marginy marginx def
/fsize 9 def % font size
/Courrier-bold findfont fsize scalefont setfont % assume fixed font
/n 1 def
/max max 1 max 2 mod sub sub def % max is now odd
/lmax max log ceiling cvi def
/buf lmax string def
/nb paperx marginx 2 mul sub (0) stringwidth pop lmax 1 add mul dup /tmp exch def div floor cvi dup 10 gt {dup 10 mod sub} if def % number of primes per line
/x0 paperx tmp nb mul sub 2 div def
/y0 papery marginy sub fsize sub def
/y y0 def
/aff {
dup log ceiling cvi lmax exch sub {( ) show} repeat
buf cvs show
( ) show
} bind def
newpath
x0 y moveto
2 aff
3 2 max {
/prime? true def
dup sqrt 3 exch 2 exch {
2 copy mod exch pop 0 eq {
/prime? false def
pop
exit
} if
} for
prime? {
aff
/n n 1 add def
n nb eq {
/n 0 def
/y y fsize sub def
y marginy lt {
showpage
/y y0 def
} if
x0 y moveto
} if
} if
} for
showpage