Re: A92: compression


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Re: A92: compression




>I made a LZW compression algorithm a long time ago for the 
>TI92. I am now decided to use it to make a PCTOOLS98
>compression plugin.
>But first I will make a compression plugin using the huffman
>algorithm in ziplib

Unless I'm confused, huffman is more efficient than LZW, particularly for
text or similar data with some characters that repeat more often than others.
--Cliff Biffle





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