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From: kadie@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Need information on data compressio
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Date: Wed, 22-Apr-87 20:41:00 EST
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I think the number of English words is an order of magnitute
greater than 2^14-1 (16383), especially if we count all the
forms of words (word,words,wording,worded) and common proper
names (California, Fred, ...).



Carl Kadie
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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