Re: LZ: New idea for compression program!
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At 12:05 PM 9/9/96 -0500, you wrote:
>I think your idea of having code in the compressed program
>is a good one in theory, but there are a number of things
>to consider. What happens if the decompressor isn't there?
>you'd have to include code to deal with that situation. What
>if there isn't enough ram to run the decompressor? Again,
>more code. At this point have you added too much code that
>has to be duplicated in every compressed sting, reducing the
>value of the compression? Maybe not but it's an important
>thing do decide ahead of time.
>
>Barry
I didn't think of that. Luckily, that code is very small and
can be included in the decompression program itself (therefore
it only takes one copy of the code). The compressed programs
are stored in .db's in the program that self-executes it. This
way there is no shell to take up space.
Thanks for the ideas, though, there are some things that no
matter how much you try to think of, they just don't come to
you! :(
-- Scott Rein
srein@rain.org
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