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From: hp0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Hokkun Pang)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: gifs compressable?
Message-ID: <4bffFVW00XYKI3J0UA@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 5 Feb 91 13:34:25 GMT
Organization: Class of '92, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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i came across this strange result a while ago.

>dir      pic.gif  =>  287K    100%
>lharc    pic.gif  =>  277K     96%
>gif2bmp  pic.gif  =>  307K
>lharc    pic.bmp  =>  241K     84%

so, thru conversion and compression, the gif file reduced to 84% of original.
i also obtained similar results for other gifs and pkzip. so, what is being
compressed here?