On 8/10/07, Donald Bruce Stewart <dons@cse.unsw.edu.au> wrote:
    http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=nsievebits&lang=all

The GHC-compiled entry comes in at 1.2x C++, which I'm quite happy with.
Strangely, despite your assertions, the C# entry lags well down the list.

Yeah, you somehow managed to slip around their rules without them noticing ;-)  They specify to use a bit array, but you dont ;-) Bit arrays are optimal for space, but can be really slow.