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Re:Show HN: The new compression algorithm is not like the st... by Forgret on Sunday September 07, 2025 @11:43AM (#45159180)
Re:Show HN: The new compression algorithm is not like the st... by gus_massa on Monday September 08, 2025 @11:28AM (#45169526)
Have you tried it in realistic examples, like the first 10 likes of "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare?
Re:Show HN: The new compression algorithm is not like the st... by Forgret on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @02:38AM (#45178283)
Not yet, but there is a test on GitHub.
Re:Show HN: The new compression algorithm is not like the st... by Forgret on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @12:11PM (#45199807)
Re:Show HN: The new compression algorithm is not like the st... by compressedgas on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @08:16AM (#45180900)
This compresses each line as a delta against its prior line if the delta is smaller. It is not optimal to always pick the prior line as the base.

Consider _Cluster-Based Delta Compression of a Collection of Files_ https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/645962.674230 https://research.engineering.nyu.edu/~suel/papers/cluster.pd...

Re:Show HN: The new compression algorithm is not like the st... by Forgret on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @01:47PM (#45201236)
Good afternoon, I redesigned the compression algorithm, now it is much better.