On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 10:41:55 +0100, Paul Moore wrote: > On 23 October 2017 at 10:32, <danceswithnumb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> According to this website. This is an uncompressable stream. >> >> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incompressible_string >> >> 1234999988884321 >> >> It only takes seven 8 bit bytes to represent this > > Would you care to provide the seven 8-bit bytes you propose to use? > Paul
I would suspect he is using BCD & storing 2 values in reach byte that is not what is meant by you cant compress random data. his compression is simply removing redundant space from an inefficient coding Can you compress that sequence on paper when you only have the values 0-9 to work with (forget computer representation & removing un-used bits) -- Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
