From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6629138825 for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2014 17:28:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5C88FE0CFE; Sat, 1 Nov 2014 17:26:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f170.google.com (mail-wi0-f170.google.com [209.85.212.170]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 895E5E0DEC for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2014 17:26:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f170.google.com with SMTP id q5so3323792wiv.3 for ; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 10:26:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=zQ6SVf9lgW6mKTA/sZFLERlC04oJK4lP70Eo1C7vnV8=; b=lOv/aDPl67p9yhzCQ4Inl+p2T3XFoXB/9udDogvi5vjBV9ZPvpRN+xvRc9XtOpBoPA 1UM70gRAIRcA/ZVqnty+e+RKCR5KRrKeehLLng6jaQvHGRuQzbbsfWJeF4ouVAvQbfUV j+41PO+9Hol9yK0/3Y7WlutUelm6Tt/TC/NR3VPC1Sgcv6NePaR+SV2GYDixkCtGj8DO WVevkOcM7o6EZ2pLthfTZFXh0XrXAMKFgXRoOju1mBP1odyfGgg4RjRSuXwyCl5lWk6t RHcv3y43t3sQG7VHMU7qvSs7XwNj4tCh2B5ctxF+NW231QJ5AN3K9OqKZF3NTlJgGImQ lQEw== X-Received: by 10.180.149.242 with SMTP id ud18mr4817687wib.58.1414862804882; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 10:26:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.20.0.41] (105-237-231-156.access.mtnbusiness.co.za. [105.237.231.156]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id l10sm2521276wif.20.2014.11.01.10.26.43 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 01 Nov 2014 10:26:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <545517C9.8020400@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 19:26:33 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT Best way to compress files with digits References: <20141031153659.GA13217@solfire> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6b07703d-45e9-440a-a6b2-1a21eb3214b4 X-Archives-Hash: a505d93a3979387e0124f48243c40cb2 On 01/11/2014 19:15, James wrote: > gmx.de> writes: > > >> I have a lot of files with digits of PI. The digits >> are the characters of 0-9. Currently they are ZIPped, >> which I think is not the best way to do that. > > Hello Meino, > > It's a bit of effort, but the world's recognized authority > on algorithms is Don Knuth. [1] He's old now, but his > pioneering attempt at categorizing most algorithms: > "The art of computer programming" and his MMIX alogrithm > implementations (kinda like assembler) are certainly > part of many first-step research efforts on algorithms > and their implementations. > > It's not a cookbook; more of a scholarly (high_brow) reference, > just to supplement all the good postings by your peers on gentoo user. > > Alan may loan you his copy? > (ha ha ha)? > > > > hth, > James > > [1] http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/ ha ha, fat chance :-) When Alan does eventually get his hands on his very own personal copy[1], it will be lent to nobody. There are just some things a man never lends out: his bike, his firearm, his wife. And Knuth :-) Back on topic: You're 100% right - to learn about algorithms in general, Knuth is the man. Essential reading for anyone taking CS seriously -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com