Re: Zip v8, stuff on compression?
17 Nov 1995 18:59:32 GMT
Dark Fiber <entropy@I_should_put_my_domain_in_etc_NNTP_INEWS_DOMAIN> wrote:
> The compression in ZIP is shithouse. its practically non-existant, and
> i feel it needs to be replaced with something better. Obviously such
> techniques as LZW and HUFFMAN is not worthwhile as each string is
> individually compressed, and RLE encoding will gain us nothing.
The compression in ZIP, with good choice of abreviations, is about
60-65 Your compression will do 50at best, less if there are odd
pairs of letters, so maybe 55 I don't think that the 5-10 0ifference
is worth the bother that would result from changing the design of the
Z-machine.
In any case, if you're worried about disk space, then use gzip.
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Gareth Rees