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From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
Newsgroups: comp.compression
Subject: Re: A rather naive request.
Keywords: welcome comp.compression creation data compression
Message-ID: <1265@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 26 Mar 91 00:07:59 GMT
References: <5023@ns-mx.uiowa.edu>
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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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

Well, I'm not an expert in this field, but this is what I'd do if I wanted
to know more about this topic:
	1.  Get my favorite algorithms/data structures book, and look up
	    Huffman encoding.  If it wasn't in there, I'd strongly consider
	    choosing a new favorite algorithms book. ;-)
	2.  Study the parts on Huffman encoding.
	3.  Follow up the bibliographical references as interest dictated.


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