I think there is still reason for compression in transit and at rest. But I think Karl might be right that we should just look to de-compress the entire file at open to speed subsequent access.
I also think it might be worthwhile to change the tools to defaulting to the 4-byte versions rather than the 2-byte versions. The usability wins there are significant with basically no downside. The saving of 2 bytes in an offset is basically zero. --Greg On Tue, May 6, 2025, 4:38 PM Peter von Kaehne <ref...@gmx.net> wrote: > I think Matej is right. Poor connection and small devices remain a reality > > Also just as telephones get more powerful people develop new small > devices. I would think that smart watches and whatever else will eventually > attract attention by one developer or another. > > Sent from Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > ------------------------------ > *From:* sword-devel <sword-devel-boun...@crosswire.org> on behalf of > Matěj Cepl <mc...@cepl.eu> > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 6, 2025 11:07 pm > *To:* SWORD Developers' Collaboration Forum <sword-devel@crosswire.org> > *Subject:* Re: [sword-devel] Given today's device capacities, is > compression useful? > > On Tue May 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM CEST, Karl Kleinpaste wrote: > > - Nobody is using PDP-11s any more, and we're not struggling to transfer > > data over sloppy, error-prone 56kbps links. > > Except when we do … how is that Internet working in the rural > India? I thought that particularly sword-related applications are > meant to work for missionaries in environment hostile not only > from the legal point of view. > > Best, > > Matěj > -- > http://matej.ceplovi.cz/blog/, @mc...@en.osm.town > GPG Finger: 3C76 A027 CA45 AD70 98B5 BC1D 7920 5802 880B C9D8 > > We are told that [St. Anthony] once fell into dejection, finding > uninterrupted contemplation above his strength; but was taught to > apply himself at intervals to manual labour by a vision of an > angel who appeared platting mats of palm-tree leaves, then rising > to pray, and after some time sitting down again to work; and who > at length said to him, “Do thus, and thou shalt be saved.” > -- Life of St. Anthony > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page >
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