Task: Hamming numbers
Python: from itertools import islice

def hamming2():
    
    h = 1
    _h=[h]    
    multipliers  = (2, 3, 5)
    multindeces  = [0 for i in multipliers] 
    multvalues   = [x * _h[i] for x,i in zip(multipliers, multindeces)]
    yield h
    while True:
        h = min(multvalues)
        _h.append(h)
        for (n,(v,x,i)) in enumerate(zip(multvalues, multipliers, multindeces)):
            if v == h:
                i += 1
                multindeces[n] = i
                multvalues[n]  = x * _h[i]
        
        mini = min(multindeces)
        if mini >= 1000:
            del _h[:mini]
            multindeces = [i - mini for i in multindeces]
        
        yield h

VB: 



Public a As Double, b As Double, c As Double, d As Double
Public p As Double, q As Double, r As Double
Public cnt() As Integer 
Public hn(2) As Integer 
Public Declare Function GetTickCount Lib "kernel32.dll" () As Long
Private Function log10(x As Double) As Double
    log10 = WorksheetFunction.log10(x)
End Function
Private Function pow(x As Variant, y As Variant) As Double
    pow = WorksheetFunction.Power(x, y)
End Function
Private Sub init(N As Long)
    
    
    
    
    Dim k As Double
    k = log10(2) * log10(3) * log10(5) * 6 * N
    k = pow(k, 1 / 3)
    a = k / log10(2)
    b = k / log10(3)
    c = k / log10(5)
    p = -b * c
    q = -a * c
    r = -a * b
End Sub
Private Function x_given_y_z(y As Integer, z As Integer) As Double
    x_given_y_z = -(q * y + r * z + a * b * c) / p
End Function
Private Function cmp(i As Integer, j As Integer, k As Integer, gn() As Integer) As Boolean
    cmp = (i * log10(2) + j * log10(3) + k * log10(5)) > (gn(0) * log10(2) + gn(1) * log10(3) + gn(2) * log10(5))
End Function
Private Function count(N As Long, step As Integer) As Long
    
    
    
    
    
    Dim M As Long, j As Integer, k As Integer
    If step = 2 Then ReDim cnt(0 To Int(b) + 1, 0 To Int(c) + 1)
    M = 0: j = 0: k = 0
    Do While -c * j - b * k + b * c > 0
        Do While -c * j - b * k + b * c > 0
            Select Case step
                Case 1: M = M + Int(x_given_y_z(j, k))
                Case 2
                    cnt(j, k) = Int(x_given_y_z(j, k))
                Case 3
                    If Int(x_given_y_z(j, k)) < cnt(j, k) Then
                        
                        If cmp(cnt(j, k), j, k, hn) Then
                            
                            hn(0) = cnt(j, k)
                            hn(1) = j
                            hn(2) = k
                        End If
                    End If
            End Select
            k = k + 1
        Loop
        k = 0
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    count = M
End Function
Private Sub list_upto(ByVal N As Integer)
    Dim count As Integer
    count = 1
    Dim hn As Integer
    hn = 1
    Do While count < N
        k = hn
        Do While k Mod 2 = 0
            k = k / 2
        Loop
        Do While k Mod 3 = 0
            k = k / 3
        Loop
        Do While k Mod 5 = 0
            k = k / 5
        Loop
        If k = 1 Then
            Debug.Print hn; " ";
            count = count + 1
        End If
        hn = hn + 1
    Loop
    Debug.Print
End Sub
Private Function find_seed(N As Long, step As Integer) As Long
    Dim initial As Long, total As Long
    initial = N
    Do 
        init initial
        total = count(initial, step)
        initial = initial + N - total
    Loop Until total = N
    find_seed = initial
End Function
Private Sub find_hn(N As Long)
    Dim fs As Long, err As Long
    
    fs = find_seed(N, 1)
    
    init fs
    err = count(fs, 2)
    
    
    init fs - 1
    err = count(fs - 1, 3)
    Debug.Print "2^" & hn(0) - 1; " * 3^" & hn(1); " * 5^" & hn(2); "=";
    If N < 1692 Then
        
        Debug.Print pow(2, hn(0) - 1) * pow(3, hn(1)) * pow(5, hn(2))
    Else
        Debug.Print
        If N <= 1000000 Then
            
            
            If hn(0) - 1 < hn(2) Then
                
                Debug.Print CDec(pow(3, hn(1))) * CDec(pow(5, hn(2) - hn(0) + 1)) & String$(hn(0) - 1, "0")
            Else
                Debug.Print CDec(pow(2, hn(0) - 1 - hn(2))) * CDec(pow(3, hn(1))) & String$(hn(2), "0")
            End If
        End If
    End If
End Sub
Public Sub main()
    Dim start_time As Long, finis_time As Long
    start_time = GetTickCount
    Debug.Print "The first twenty Hamming numbers are:"
    list_upto 20
    Debug.Print "Hamming number 1691 is: ";
    find_hn 1691
    Debug.Print "Hamming number 1000000 is: ";
    find_hn 1000000
    finis_time = GetTickCount
    Debug.Print "Execution time"; (finis_time - start_time); " milliseconds"
End Sub