Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!gatech!purdue!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.compression Subject: Re: Trying to get maximum compression Message-ID: <15571@smoke.brl.mil> Date: 25 Mar 91 09:44:14 GMT References: <1991Mar24.152106.6333@pegasus.com> Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD. Lines: 6 In article <1991Mar24.152106.6333@pegasus.com> shaw@pegasus.com (Sandy Shaw) writes: >I am trying to get the maximum compression possible of the following >32 byte hex file(in ASC): Something I don't understand here -- surely it takes ZERO bits to represent a sequence that you already know in advance?