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Adem24
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 Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:22 am Post subject: The best compressor regarding output size |
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Which of the compressors is the best general purpose compressor
in terms of generated output size? (ie. for random binary data) |
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Phil Carmody
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:35 am Post subject: Re: The best compressor regarding output size |
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"Adem24" <adem24@nospammplease.org.invalid> writes:
[quote]Which of the compressors is the best general purpose compressor
in terms of generated output size? (ie. for random binary data)
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Either cp or cat.
Phil
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James Dow Allen
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:05 am Post subject: Re: The best compressor regarding output size |
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On Jun 13, 7:35 am, Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demun...@yahoo.co.uk>
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[quote]"Adem24" <ade...@nospammplease.org.invalid> writes:
Which of the compressors is the best general purpose compressor
in terms of generated output size? (ie. for random binary data)
Either cp or cat.
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I assume by 'cat' you mean 'cat > /dev/null'.
OP didn>t specify lossy or lossless.
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Phil Carmody
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:50 pm Post subject: Re: The best compressor regarding output size |
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James Dow Allen <jdallen2000@yahoo.com> writes:
[quote]On Jun 13, 7:35 am, Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demun...@yahoo.co.uk
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"Adem24" <ade...@nospammplease.org.invalid> writes:
Which of the compressors is the best general purpose compressor
in terms of generated output size? (ie. for random binary data)
Either cp or cat.
I assume by 'cat' you mean 'cat > /dev/null'.
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Why?
$ cat random.file > random.file.perfectlycompressed
Your bizarre revelation could just as easily apply to 'cp' too:
$ cp random.file /dev/null
[quote]OP didn>t specify lossy or lossless.
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It>s inapproprate to presume that a default would be lossy,
even when winding up newbs.
Phil
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