Task: Chowla numbers
Go: package main

import "fmt"

func chowla(n int) int {
    if n < 1 {
        panic("argument must be a positive integer")
    }
    sum := 0
    for i := 2; i*i <= n; i++ {
        if n%i == 0 {
            j := n / i
            if i == j {
                sum += i
            } else {
                sum += i + j
            }
        }
    }
    return sum
}

func sieve(limit int) []bool {
    
    
    c := make([]bool, limit)
    for i := 3; i*3 < limit; i += 2 {
        if !c[i] && chowla(i) == 0 {
            for j := 3 * i; j < limit; j += 2 * i {
                c[j] = true
            }
        }
    }
    return c
}

func commatize(n int) string {
    s := fmt.Sprintf("%d", n)
    le := len(s)
    for i := le - 3; i >= 1; i -= 3 {
        s = s[0:i] + "," + s[i:]
    }
    return s
}

func main() {
    for i := 1; i <= 37; i++ {
        fmt.Printf("chowla(%2d) = %d\n", i, chowla(i))
    }
    fmt.Println()

    count := 1
    limit := int(1e7)
    c := sieve(limit)
    power := 100
    for i := 3; i < limit; i += 2 {
        if !c[i] {
            count++
        }
        if i == power-1 {
            fmt.Printf("Count of primes up to %-10s = %s\n", commatize(power), commatize(count))
            power *= 10
        }
    }

    fmt.Println()
    count = 0
    limit = 35000000
    for i := uint(2); ; i++ {
        p := 1 << (i - 1) * (1<<i - 1) 
        if p > limit {
            break
        }
        if chowla(p) == p-1 {
            fmt.Printf("%s is a perfect number\n", commatize(p))
            count++
        }
    }
    fmt.Println("There are", count, "perfect numbers <= 35,000,000")
}

VB: Option Explicit

Private Declare Function AllocConsole Lib "kernel32.dll" () As Long
Private Declare Function FreeConsole Lib "kernel32.dll" () As Long
Dim mStdOut As Scripting.TextStream

Function chowla(ByVal n As Long) As Long
Dim j As Long, i As Long
  i = 2
  Do While i * i <= n
    j = n \ i
    If n Mod i = 0 Then
    chowla = chowla + i
      If i <> j Then
      chowla = chowla + j
      End If
    End If
    i = i + 1
  Loop
End Function
 
Function sieve(ByVal limit As Long) As Boolean()
Dim c() As Boolean
Dim i As Long
Dim j As Long
  i = 3
  ReDim c(limit - 1)
    Do While i * 3 < limit
      If Not c(i) Then
        If (chowla(i) = 0) Then
          j = 3 * i
          Do While j < limit
            c(j) = True
            j = j + 2 * i
          Loop
        End If
    End If
    i = i + 2
    Loop
  sieve = c()
End Function

Sub Display(ByVal s As String)
  Debug.Print s
  mStdOut.Write s & vbNewLine
End Sub
 
Sub Main()
Dim i As Long
Dim count As Long
Dim limit As Long
Dim power As Long
Dim c() As Boolean
Dim p As Long
Dim k As Long
Dim kk As Long
Dim s As String * 30
Dim mFSO As Scripting.FileSystemObject
Dim mStdIn As Scripting.TextStream
    
  AllocConsole
  Set mFSO = New Scripting.FileSystemObject
  Set mStdIn = mFSO.GetStandardStream(StdIn)
  Set mStdOut = mFSO.GetStandardStream(StdOut)
  
  For i = 1 To 37
    Display "chowla(" & i & ")=" & chowla(i)
  Next i
  
  count = 1
  limit = 10000000
  power = 100
  c = sieve(limit)
  
  For i = 3 To limit - 1 Step 2
    If Not c(i) Then
      count = count + 1
    End If
    If i = power - 1 Then
      RSet s = FormatNumber(power, 0, vbUseDefault, vbUseDefault, True)
      Display "Count of primes up to " & s & " = " & FormatNumber(count, 0, vbUseDefault, vbUseDefault, True)
      power = power * 10
    End If
  Next i

  count = 0: limit = 35000000
  k = 2:     kk = 3

  Do
    p = k * kk
    If p > limit Then
      Exit Do
    End If

    If chowla(p) = p - 1 Then
      RSet s = FormatNumber(p, 0, vbUseDefault, vbUseDefault, True)
      Display s & " is a number that is perfect"
      count = count + 1
    End If
    k = kk + 1
    kk = kk + k
  Loop
        
  Display "There are " & CStr(count) & " perfect numbers <= 35.000.000"

  mStdOut.Write "press enter to quit program."
  mStdIn.Read 1

  FreeConsole

End Sub