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Re: TO COMPRESS OR NOT TO CMPRS (please reply)
In message <3.0.32.19970218213122.00923b40@earthlink.net>, Bob Monsour writes:
>
> Below I have copied the appendix from draft-sabin-lzs-payload-00.txt, one
> of the proposed compression drafts. It contains some results from analyzing
> compression ratio vs. packet size with a known set of data. Note that
> "your're mileage may vary" as with any compression algorithm; results vary
> by data type.
Exactly why I asked for real-world data. The Internet is notorious for
discovering that "test data" and "theoretical models" do not resemble "real
world data".
[ P.S.: To clarify, I have no opinion on the compression issue, exactly
because I have no information on which to base an opinion... ]
--
Harald Koch <chk@utcc.utoronto.ca>
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