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From: ross@spam.ua.oz.au (Ross Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.compression
Subject: Reply to Brad's criticism of proposed standard.
Summary: Reply to Brad's criticism of proposed standard.
Keywords: data compression proposed interface standard mystery question
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Date: 22 Jun 91 02:35:22 GMT
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CRIT_005: STATIC VS DYNAMIC ARRAYS
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From: brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton)

>Compressors often have very tight inner loops where all the CPU is spent and
>where slight increases in efficiency can result in major increases in
>speed.
>
>In this case, the difference between a static array (say for your hashtable)
>and a dynamic one can actually be real, particularly for the more efficient
>compressors that only do a few instructions per loop.

I don't understand what your point is?

Ross Williams
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