Re: LZ: Some interesting compression results...
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Re: LZ: Some interesting compression results...
That may be the state of things, but it could be just that program.
There are a lot of good and bad implementations around. I'd try out
some others as well
Barry
On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Martin Hock wrote:
> I found a Huffman 2 pass compresser on the Internet. It was rather fussy.
> Anyway, here's the results after some trial and error (I used ZTetris by
> Jimmy Mardell as my test subject):
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 oxymoron 2186 Sep 10 15:17 ztetris.85s
> -rw-r--r-- 1 oxymoron 2644 Sep 11 20:25 ztetris.85s.huf
>
> As you can see, it made the program BIGGER by nearly 500 bytes. Definitely
> NOT a good sign.
>
> Something tells me that this compression thing may be a pipe dream.
>
> (By the way, the compressor compiled as 7695 bytes. Yikes. Of course, an
> assembly version would be a little smaller.)
>
> In case you're wondering, the file that I used can be found at:
> ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/usenet/alt.sources/articles/06000-06999/6469.Z
> But it's really not worth downloading, as it isn't going to help us. Oh,
> and you need UNIX to use it. I could try to compile it for DOS, but as I
> said there's really no point.
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