Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!vadi From: vadi@cs.iastate.edu (Vadivelu Elumalai) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Algorithm used in compress/decompress ? Keywords: compress, decompress Message-ID: Date: 16 Apr 91 03:40:59 GMT Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Distribution: na Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA Lines: 16 Recently I read about many compression techniques used for text compression. It seems there are two methods to compress text, dictionary method and statistical method. I want to know the algorithm used in the unix text compression utilities compress/decompress. This has to be a standard algorithm since it is possible to decompress the text compressed by another machine. Is there a GURU who can explain this? Thanks. Vadi. -- Vadivelu Elumalai, U.Snail : 813, Wilson Avenue, B-20, Atanasoff, Ames, Iowa - 50010. Iowa State University, AT&T : (515) - 232 - 7220 Ames, IA - 50010 E-mail : vadi@judy.cs.iastate.edu