> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Gerhard Postpischil
>
> [ snip ]
>
> I consider the 50% to be a practical lower limit; any less, and
> the method would not be considered? But it reminds me of an
> interesting article I read in the eighties - the author
> announced a new algorithm for PCs that compressed any file into
> eleven characters, allowing the file to be stored as its file
> name. Unfortunately it was in the April (1) edition of PC
> magazine <g>
Google IRTNOG for a short story about "compression". :-)
-jc-
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