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I hadn't seen this before, but it does a great job of explaining how compression works in a way that the less technically minded can understand. I think I fina
by koralatov 13y ago
I hadn't seen this before, but it does a great job of explaining how compression works in a way that the less technically minded can understand. I think I finally have an understanding how compression works, rather than treating it as a semi-magical process as I've done previously.
- dunham 13y agoI have a pretty solid understanding of compression algorithms and the BW transform in bzip2 still seems semi-magical to me: ftp://apotheca.hpl.hp.com/gatekeeper/pub/dec/SRC/research-reports/SRC-124.pdf