Hi. My semi-facetious remark about ZIP archives got me wondering about what sort of compression ratios users of compressed extended-format data sets are getting.
Zipping text can get 75% to 90% compression (ie. reducing the data to 25% to 10% of its size). How's that compare? Of course, no matter what the size reduction is, I'd expect it to use a lot less CPU time than a zipping app. So, anyone care to share? TIA, Greg P. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
