Richard:

I used some of the algorithms in 'The Data Compression Book' by Mark
Nelson and Jean-Loup Gailly with great success. The code is mostly in C but
I ported it to zArch Assembler with moderate effort.  Amazon sells the book
as of today.

Mike Shaw
MVS/QuickRef Support Group
Chicago-Soft, Ltd.


On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM Richard Zierdt <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Any recommendations of textbooks, papers, etc about data compression for
> the beginner and up in general, and/or Redbooks, SHARE conferences, et.al.,
> about data compression with a z/OS slant in particular?
>
> Yes, there are CSRCESRV and CSRCMPSC services and I'll play with them, but
> some amount of "under the hood" documentation would help.
>
> "tailored" compression, "generic" compression, Dictionaries, tokens, Oh My!
>
> Thanks
> Richard Zierdt
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