On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 03:37:09PM -0700, Xin Li wrote: > Using gzip is better than not using it though, since 4k worth of > compressed data is better than 4k worth of plain text because of > higher entropy destiny (note that the FreeBSD gzip uses 64K of > input/output buffer for compression by the way so maybe only the first > 64K is meaningful if we take only 4k of output).
Since there is 1:1 correspondence between compressed and uncompressed data, entropy should be the same in both. I am not sure it's better to use compression than not -- you do end up seeding fewer bytes to yarrow, but you spend more CPU cycles compressing it... _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-rc To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
