Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!nfsun!ditka!libove!
From: libove@libove.UUCP (Jay Mathew Libove)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: "sped up" compresses
Keywords: compress,286,speed,speedup,SLOWER!
Message-ID: <60@libove.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jul 88 14:27:57 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: NKJL Enterprises
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Well, I received two sets of speedup sources - one from ucbvax!cogsci!jsilva
and a second from hutch@hubcap.clemson.edu (gatech!hubcap.clemson.edu!hutch)
and I built compress with the two of these upgrades (one at a time, of
course; the two speedups replace the same routine) and then I compressed
a copy of /xenix and a 500K text file with each.

Results:
file		straight compress	+jsilva		+hutch

/xenix		3.2s			4.8s		3.7s
500K text	4.9s			5.0s		5.1s

Now, I don't know if I did something funny, but I've been at this kind
of stuff for a while, and I don't think I missed anything.

So, has anyone else tried these "speed-ups" out yet? What results did
you get? For me, obviously, I am staying with the distribution version!
-- 
-Jay Libove {pitt|bellcore}!darth!libove!libove *or* Jay.Libove@andrew.cmu.edu