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From: urban@cbnewsl.att.com (john.urban)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Algorithm used in compress/decompress ?
Keywords: compress, decompress
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Date: 16 Apr 91 14:08:08 GMT
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Compress basically uses the Algorithm from IEEE Computer Vol 17, No 6 (June 1984)

Where as pack basically uses the Huffman encoding algorithm

Sincerely,

John Urban