On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 1:05 PM, <jonas.thornv...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I guess what matter is how fast an algorithm can encode and decode a big >> number, at least if you want to use it for very big sets of random data, or >> losless video compression? > > I don't care how fast. I care about the laws of physics :) You can't > stuff more data into less space without losing some of it.
Technically, the universe could expand temporarily or reconfigure to allow it; the question is who or what will have to shift out to allow it? -- MarkJ Tacoma, Washington -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
