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Re:Shakespeare.txt.jpg: A JPEG compression experiment by DanBC on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @03:19AM (#5898009)
Well, yes. Except the source text is tiny, so unfortunately all the software is pretty big in comparison.

I love the Hutter Prize, and the various compression benchmark sites.

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Re:Shakespeare.txt.jpg: A JPEG compression experiment by abecedarius on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @03:33PM (#5901461)
It's just pretty unconstrained without that kind of rule. And a decompressor that doesn't have to be fast can be tiny.
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