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DanBC
on June 18, 2013
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Shakespeare.txt.jpg: A JPEG compression experiment
Well, yes. Except the source text is tiny, so unfortunately all the software is pretty big in comparison.
I love the Hutter Prize, and the various compression benchmark sites.
abecedarius
on June 18, 2013
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It's just pretty unconstrained without that kind of rule. And a decompressor that doesn't have to be fast can be tiny.
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I love the Hutter Prize, and the various compression benchmark sites.