On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 2:28 AM, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hope this helps put the subject into context. Compression is a very > technical subject, to "do it right". Special cases can be worked out, > sure, but the "hidden assumptions" in a method are what make the > difference between a "compression algorithm" and a "way of storing my > particular data more efficiently".
And to put *this* into context and perspective, both of the above are extremely useful tools/algorithms. Generalized compression algos are used all the time, special-purpose lossy compression algos too, and "way[s] of storing my particular data more efficiently" are utterly crucial to many applications. But they're not universal compression schemes. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
