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Brotli.. I wonder where the name comes from. It sounds almost like the Swiss German word 'Brötli' (= small loaf of bread) - but I can't find any relationship to
by m_mueller 12y ago
Brotli.. I wonder where the name comes from. It sounds almost like the Swiss German word 'Brötli' (= small loaf of bread) - but I can't find any relationship to Switzerland.
- jsnell 12y agoThe authors work at Google Zurich.
- robryk 12y agoThis is not the only compression related piece of software/spec from Google named after a kind of bread: there are also gipfeli[1] and zopfli[2]. [1] https://code.google.com/p/gipfeli/ https://code.google.com/p/gipfeli/ [2] https://code.google.com/p/zopfli/ https://code.google.com/p/zopfli/
- m_mueller 12y agoHeh, I knew I've seen this naming pattern somewhere before, thanks for pointing it out. Well, maybe at least CS people will come to know some Swiss German words other than Muesli ;).