Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!seismo!mcvax!lambert From: lambert@mcvax.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sources.wanted Subject: Re: Need information on data compression algorithms Message-ID: <7332@boring.mcvax.cwi.nl> Date: Mon, 6-Apr-87 00:14:03 EST Article-I.D.: boring.7332 Posted: Mon Apr 6 00:14:03 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Apr-87 04:04:54 EST References: <528@savax.UUCP> Reply-To: lambert@boring.UUCP (Lambert Meertens) Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 14 Xref: utgpu sci.crypt:294 comp.sys.ibm.pc:2795 comp.sources.wanted:860 ]>> Once apon a time, about five years ago, a UK company called DJAI, (the ]>> authors of The Last One - a 4GL program generator) said that they had an ]>> algorithm which would (reversibly) compress arbitrary text into 40-80 bytes. ]> This is a facinating story... Anyone else ever hear about this? ] Or maybe it's a hoax. What was the date on the original article? 4-1-87 ] maybe :-) No, Mar-30-87. But think: when was "about five years ago"? -- Lambert Meertens, CWI, Amsterdam; lambert@cwi.nl