Task: Chowla numbers
C: #include <stdio.h>

unsigned chowla(const unsigned n) {
  unsigned sum = 0;
  for (unsigned i = 2, j; i * i <= n; i ++) if (n % i == 0) sum += i + (i == (j = n / i) ? 0 : j);
  return sum;
}

int main(int argc, char const *argv[]) {
  unsigned a;
  for (unsigned n = 1; n < 38; n ++) printf("chowla(%u) = %u\n", n, chowla(n));

  unsigned n, count = 0, power = 100;
  for (n = 2; n < 10000001; n ++) {
    if (chowla(n) == 0) count ++;
    if (n % power == 0) printf("There is %u primes < %u\n", count, power), power *= 10;
  }

  count = 0;
  unsigned limit = 350000000;
  unsigned k = 2, kk = 3, p;
  for ( ; ; ) {
    if ((p = k * kk) > limit) break;
    if (chowla(p) == p - 1) {
      printf("%d is a perfect number\n", p);
      count ++;
    }
    k = kk + 1; kk += k;
  }
  printf("There are %u perfect numbers < %u\n", count, limit);
  return 0;
}

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