2006/9/1, Juerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Luke Palmer skribis 2006-08-31 15:48 (-0600): > > I don't think using a method (even if called "s") is good huffman > > coding. My expectation is that copying substitution will be used much - > > perhaps even more than mutating substitution! > And so a method called "s" is poor huffman coding... why? (I do agree > with your frequency conjecture)Because of the awkward syntax that goes with a method: two parens, four delimiters, comma[s]?. .s(/bar/, "baz"); # 20 keypresses on a US keyboard
Minor nit, but: .s: /bar/,'baz'; # 17 keypresses... Audrey
