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Base 32768 has a very sexy 93.75% efficiency! Maybe I should use that with my browser game?

• nebulous1 9y ago
  Going purely on the table on the linked github page, without further reading into anything at all, Base32768 seems like the clear winner for a go to scheme.
• amptorn 9y ago
  Only if your browser game requires UTF-16 strings.
  • duskwuff 9y ago
    More specifically: only if you will be storing/transmitting data in UTF-16. If you're using UTF-8, base85 is much better.
    • sratner 9y ago
      Javascript strings are UTF-16 (or maybe it was UCS-2?)
      • duskwuff 9y ago
        Javascript strings behave like UCS-2, but they can be stored in memory however the interpreter likes, and they're typically written to disk or the network as UTF-8.