#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use Data::Dumper; sub NEXT ($) { $_[0]->() } sub prime_iterator { my $num = 0; sub { do { $num++; } until is_prime($num); return $num; } } sub is_prime { my $guess = shift; for (my $divisor = 2; $divisor * $divisor <= $guess; $divisor++) { return unless $guess % $divisor; } return 1; } my $prime = prime_iterator; my @primes; push @primes => NEXT $prime for (1 .. shift || 10); print Dumper \@primes;