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From: David LaRue <huey.dll@tampabay.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: simple compression mathod to code itself?
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2024 16:09:55 -0000 (UTC)
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fir <fir@grunge.pl> wrote in news:uurefe$8i04$1@i2pn2.org:

> fir wrote:
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> 
> if someone want to talk on compression adn how to code it i could like 
> to read it (as reading net articles on this may be seem to hard for my 
> old sick head and posts are much are easier to get into it)

There are several good books on search and compression methods that provide 
examples of complexity and discussions about the complexity and performance.  
I have book on just algorithms that I bought years ago.  One of the first 
chapters discussed the absurdaty of an OS/App requiring seperate Account and 
Password entries when only one is needed.  The result is the same and takes 
one less character to enter.  I found that book in a Barnes and Noble years 
ago and loved reading and trying to understand the suggestions they made.  A 
great place to look for such books is in a college book store; the one for 
books that are used for the second year or higher students.  I've not found 
much online EXCEPT for the papers and examples published by Nicholas Wirth or 
by Knuth.  Knuth's publications are best if you don't mind reading for a 
while and then deciding what is best to code/do.  Wirth had books on 
algorithms and for specific languages.  Much easier to read for a beginner.

The Knuth discussions are well organized and usually available for free 
online.  He covered an enormous variety on topics in his many books/papers.  
They have complete descriptions about why something was done and then 
discusses how to improve them.  Again this is deep material but well worth 
the effort once you've mastered a language or two.  C gives the ideas needed 
to read and und1erstand his comments about angorithms and language design.  
Very good stuff, IMHO.

David