Mike Burrows was a coauthor on the algorithm behind bz2 [1]. It's the most mindblowing algorithm I ever encountered and so I have utmost respect for that coupl

Mike Burrows was a coauthor on the algorithm behind bz2 [1]. It's the most mindblowing algorithm I ever encountered and so I have utmost respect for that couple of guys :) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrows%E2%80%93Wheeler_transform https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrows%E2%80%93Wheeler_transf...