Ulam spiral for primes

require('Imager')

var (n=512, start=1, file='ulam.png')

ARGV.getopt(
    'n=i' => \n,
    's=i' => \start,
    'f=s' => \file,
)

func cell(n, x, y, start) {
    y -= (n   >> 1)
    x -= (n-1 >> 1)
    var l = 2*(x.abs > y.abs ? x.abs : y.abs)
    var d = (y > x ? (l*3 + x + y) : (l - x - y))
    (l-1)**2 + d + start - 1
}

var black = %O<Imager::Color>.new('#000000')
var white = %O<Imager::Color>.new('#FFFFFF')

var img = %O<Imager>.new(xsize => n, ysize => n, channels => 1)
img.box(filled => 1, color => white)

for y=(^n), x=(^n) {
    if (cell(n, x, y, start).is_prime) {
        img.setpixel(x => x, y => y, color => black)
    }
}

img.write(file => file)

Output image