Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT Best way to compress files with digits

[Matti Nykyri <matti.nykyri@iki.fi>]

> On Nov 1, 2014, at 19:26, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 01/11/2014 19:15, James wrote:
>> <meino.cramer <at> 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 :-)

Why not lend your wife? ;)

> 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
> 
>