Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!rocket!pitaro From: pitaro@rocket.uucp (Michael Pitaro) Newsgroups: comp.compression Subject: Re: A rather naive request. Message-ID: Date: 27 Mar 91 14:24:25 GMT References: <5023@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> Sender: news@rocket.sanders.com Organization: Lockheed Sanders Inc. Lines: 18 In-reply-to: drenze@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu's message of 23 Mar 91 06:19:07 GMT In article <5023@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> drenze@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Douglas Renze) writes: > I'm a rather novice programmer who is just beginning to teach > himself C (on an apple macintosh, no less). If somebody has the > time, would they please be willing to point me to a decent basic > reference on compression techniques? I'm interested in how it > works, etc. Also, would you be willing to point me to some > algorithms? Thanx you much for your help. > > We now return you to your regularly-scheduled hallucination. You might try the following book. James A. Storer, "Data Compression: Methods and Theory", Computer Science Press, 1988. -- Michael Pitaro pitaro@rocket.sanders.com