From: James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: OT Best way to compress files with digits
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 17:15:13 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20141101T171857-580@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20141031153659.GA13217@solfire
<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/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-11-01 17:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-31 15:36 [gentoo-user] OT Best way to compress files with digits meino.cramer
2014-10-31 15:45 ` Ralf
2014-10-31 15:59 ` meino.cramer
2014-10-31 16:52 ` Helmut Jarausch
2014-10-31 17:56 ` Rich Freeman
2014-10-31 18:55 ` David Haller
2014-10-31 19:23 ` Rich Freeman
2014-10-31 20:25 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2014-10-31 22:22 ` Rich Freeman
2014-11-01 17:15 ` James [this message]
2014-11-01 17:26 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-11-01 20:18 ` Matti Nykyri
2014-11-01 17:59 ` meino.cramer
2014-11-01 20:47 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-11-01 21:56 ` David W Noon
2014-11-02 12:06 ` Matti Nykyri
2014-11-03 15:48 ` Grant Edwards
2014-11-02 19:55 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-11-02 22:03 ` Peter Humphrey
2014-11-03 19:37 ` Mick
2014-11-04 2:04 ` Peter Humphrey
2014-11-04 6:35 ` Mick
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