Re: LZ: Compression program (and quest

Subject: Re: LZ: Compression program (and quest
From: barrym <barrym@neosoft.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 20:11:20 -0500 (CDT)
In-Reply-To: <m0v0wFm-0003PnC@mail.oeonline.com>

On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Mike Berry wrote:


> I don't think it is patented anymore.  It was invented in 1977 which was 19
> years ago.  The patent therfore expired a couple years ago.  It is now
> public domain.  However, I am rethinking and I thought that for  ZCompress
> or whatever the name will be, a arithmetic compression algorithm would work
> best.  Although slow, it provides for excellent compression, which is the
> main reason for the compressor.
 
What is arithmetic compression?


Barry

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