Most efficient code for the first 10000 prime numbers?

Question

I want to print the first 10000 prime numbers. Can anyone give me the most efficient code for this? Clarifications:

1. It does not matter if your code is ineffici

Answer 1

Sieve of Eratosthenes is the way to go, because of it's simplicity and speed. My implementation in C

#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 

int main(void)
{
    unsigned int lim, i, j;

    printf("Find primes upto: ");
    scanf("%d", &lim);
    lim += 1;
    bool *primes = calloc(lim, sizeof(bool));

    unsigned int sqrtlim = sqrt(lim);
    for (i = 2; i <= sqrtlim; i++)
        if (!primes[i])
            for (j = i * i; j < lim; j += i)
                primes[j] = true;

    printf("\nListing prime numbers between 2 and %d:\n\n", lim - 1);
    for (i = 2; i < lim; i++)
        if (!primes[i])
            printf("%d\n", i);

    return 0;
}

CPU Time to find primes (on Pentium Dual Core E2140 1.6 GHz, using single core)

~ 4s for lim = 100,000,000