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From: romain@pyramid.pyramid.com (Romain Kang)
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Subject: Re: tip
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Date: 22 Feb 90 01:37:36 GMT
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Another option that was not mentioned was to use btoa/atob in the
same manner as uuencode/uudecode.  btoa expands data 25% vs
35% for uuencode, which could be a significant difference for
you.

The sources for btoa/atob come with the compress distribution.