Re: Help w/ File Compression?

[winston19842005 <bjjlyates@NOSPAMbellsouth.net>]

On 9/19/08 11:43 AM, in article
5cd41cd5-fb79-465a-a479-9e3d4024d0c8@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com, "Harry
Potter" <maspethrose7@aol.com> wrote:

> I am working on file compression.  I mentioned in a previous thread
> that I did better than others.  I was wrong.

Oh, I'm so surprised!

> The experiment was
> blotted by a bug.  Now I'm getting results about as good as PKWare's
> deflate/maximum technique.  I still have ideas.  Again, it may be due
> to an error.  Again, as mentioned previously, it is very slow.  I have
> in mind some techniques to speed up the compression.  They wouldn't be
> that good:

Then why re-invent the wheel?

> Again, I don't think these would help much.  In fact, on poorly
> compressible files, it may take longer.  I am looking for other
> techniques to speed up this technique.  I assume I must minimize the
> hits.  Any help would be appreciated.

Give it up, and use somebody else's wheel!
You don't go around making your own tires, do you?