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Why would uncompressed bytes be better? Using a good compression algorithm better approximates the statistical entropy of the code which is at least correlated
by dawnofdusk 3y ago
Why would uncompressed bytes be better? Using a good compression algorithm better approximates the statistical entropy of the code which is at least correlated with e.g., Kolmogorov complexity.
- iopq 3y agobecause it often sits uncompressed on the drive
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- morepedantic 3y agoBecause humans read and write the uncompressed code. Gzip will hide problems like copy paste.
- igouy 3y agoAnd hide differences due to label-length personal-preferences.