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From: vd09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent M. Del Vecchio)
Newsgroups: comp.compression,alt.comp.compression
Subject: Re: Trying to get maximum compression
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Date: 24 Mar 91 21:51:12 GMT
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Is there any point to this exercise?  I suggest the following compression
algorithm:
If input is f3e9 ec5c 8bec ecdb ece9 ec12 ec3f ecec 0cbb 8bec 5cdb ecdb 5c9c
bbec 8bdb 9cec, output a "1" bit.  Otherwise, output a "0" bit and append the
results of compression with your favorite compression algorithm.  This will, of
course, result in a theoretical compression ratio of 256:1, but there are a
bunch of problems, too...

-Vincent Del Vecchio
vd09@andrew.cmu.edu