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/*
Challenge 003

Challenge #1
Create a script to generate 5-smooth numbers, whose prime divisors are less
or equal to 5. They are also called Hamming/Regular/Ugly numbers. For more
information, please check this wikipedia.

*/

#include <iostream>
#include <deque>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>

int min3(int a, int b, int c) {
    return std::min(a, std::min(b, c));
}

// hamming number generator
std::deque<int> q2, q3, q5;

int next_hamming() {
    // init three queues with 1
    if (q2.empty()) {
        q2.push_back(1);
        q3.push_back(1);
        q5.push_back(1);
    }

    // get the smallest of the queue heads
    int n = min3(q2.front(), q3.front(), q5.front());

    // shift used multiples
    if (n == q2.front()) q2.pop_front();
    if (n == q3.front()) q3.pop_front();
    if (n == q5.front()) q5.pop_front();

    // push next multiples
    q2.push_back(2*n);
    q3.push_back(3*n);
    q5.push_back(5*n);

    return n;
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    if (argc == 2) {
        for (int i = 0; i < atoi(argv[1]); i++)
            std::cout << next_hamming() << std::endl;
    }
}