> > > >To pursue an overused metaphor, to me that's sort of like trying to > understand flight by carefully studying the most effective high-jumpers. > OK, you might learn something, but you're not getting at the crux of the > problem... > > A more appropriate metaphor is that text compression is the altimeter by > which we measure progress. >
An extremely major problem with this idea is that, according to this "altimeter", gzip is vastly more intelligent than a chimpanzee or a two year old child. I guess this shows there is something profoundly wrong with the idea... ben g ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=114414975-3c8e69 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
