Re: [freenet-devl] integrating zlib compression into freenet

[Stefan Reich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > So, the equation becomes, for sufficiently small data values, compress
> > time + const xfer time vs. const xfer time.
> >
> > Of course, once again, feel free to prove me wrong.
> >
>
> No, I agree.  In addition, there is usually a several K window size in
> software based compressors, so the const xfer time is especially true in
> that case.

Yeah, for the case of very small data packets I agree too.

But I still figure there are many cases where compression would make sense
(large data packets, relatively low bandwidth). And CPU time _is_ cheap,
even if a Freenet is supposed to be a non-intrusive background process.

It's your decision whether this justifies compressing _any_ data that is
sent through Freenet... I vote for it anyway.

-Stefan


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