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- From: dhw@plex-1.ann-arbor.mi.us (David West)
- Subject: How much memory does MW compression really need?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec13.195334.5652@plex-1.ann-arbor.mi.us>
- Organization: Plex-1, Michigan's Public Access Usenet Gateway (Ann Arbor).
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 19:53:34 GMT
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- I've compiled Dan Bernstein's implementation of Miller-Wegman compression
- ("sqz" from comp.sources.somethingorother). The included comments say that
- it's "even more of a memory hog than Compress". Well, compress runs in 400K,
- but sqz (with no other tasks running) thrashes and then dies on my Unix box
- (6MB real memory, 5MB swap space) trying to compress a 100K file.
- Anyone know how much memory is comfortable for it? Or is something
- else the problem?
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- David West dhw@plex-1.ann-arbor.mi.us
- In WWII, Germany melted down 80000 bells to obtain metal for armaments.
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