PrimeNumberGenerator

This is a program that generates all prime numbers within 60s. It implements the Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm for efficiency.

Building solution

Follow these steps to build the solution:

1. Open PrimeNumberGenerator.sln in Visual Studio
2. Select Release mode for better performance
3. Build Solution

Running the prime number generator

Follow these steps to run the prime number generator program:

1. Navigate into MainApp\bin<BuildMode>\
2. Open MainApp.exe

Interpretting Output

• At every second the console prints the elapsed time in seconds:
• If there are newly calculated prime numbers it will print them, otherwise it will be a blank line
• At the end of the program, it will tell you the highest prime number it found