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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.compression
Subject: Re: y coding
Message-ID: <26262:Apr1909:27:5391@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 19 Apr 91 09:27:53 GMT
References: <1991Apr18.051541.21742@midway.uchicago.edu>
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In article <1991Apr18.051541.21742@midway.uchicago.edu> goer@ellis.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz) writes:
> Some months ago, an introduction to Y coding was posted (one which
> served more as a general intro to compression techniques).

Well, it only covers the methods leading up to Y---LZW, MW, and AP---
and then Y takes up the second half of the paper. There are lots of
other methods around, such as arithmetic coding (which Peter Gutmann
describes in his introductory paper).

> I can't
> seem to find my copy around.  Does someone have a copy they would
> be willing to mail.

The latest draft (4b) is in the yabbawhap package, comp.sources.unix
volume 24.

> Note:  This introduction was quite good.

Thanks! (So, can I get you a job? :-))

---Dan