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It's not so clear cut to me. The same number can decode to completely different pieces of information. In fact one can build a concrete mapping such that a spec
by wcrossbow 5y ago
It's not so clear cut to me. The same number can decode to completely different pieces of information. In fact one can build a concrete mapping such that a specific number maps to any piece of information. Does that make all numbers illegal?
What if I compress the same information with 10 different algorithms. Are the 10 hex representation of that file illegal?
- oldgradstudent 5y ago> What if I compress the same information with 10 different algorithms. Are the 10 hex representation of that file illegal? I'd think so. For any nontrivial piece of information, your chances of accidentally hitting any reasonable encoding of it is practically zero.