If most frontends download the zipped module, perhaps that is sufficient for in
transit? Does it zip tiny enough for a module without compression? How does it
compare to a module that uses zText or zText4?
Is at rest size really an issue? I think most people would have a module or two.
BTW, I have heard in 3rd world countries cellular is often the only means of
accessing the internet and thus downloading files and that connections are not
reliably stable.
In Him
DM
> On May 7, 2025, at 9:03 PM, Greg Hellings <greg.helli...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> <mailto: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.
>>
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>> <mailto:sword-devel-boun...@crosswire.org>> on behalf of Matěj Cepl
>> <mc...@cepl.eu <mailto:mc...@cepl.eu>>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 11:07 pm
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>> 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
>> --
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>> 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
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>> at length said to him, “Do thus, and thou shalt be saved.”
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