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From: kym@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (R. Kym Horsell)
Subject: Re: Trying to get maximum compression
Message-ID: <1991Mar27.132804.10651@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>
Organization: State University of New York at Binghamton
References: <1991Mar24.152106.6333@pegasus.com> <PHILIP.91Mar25135706@beeblebrox.dle.dg.com> <1991Mar27.132216.8132@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1991 13:28:04 GMT

In article <1991Mar27.132216.8132@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> kym@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (R. Kym Horsell) writes:
>I've managed a compression of 30% using the appended program 
>(provided you don't count the program as part of the encoding! :-).
>That is, almost 10 bytes are saved (9.4 to be exact).

BTW, my little formula indicates a compression of 56% (i.e. save almost 18 
bytes) may be possible since p=.33 approximately.

-kym