At 10:41 AM 08/01/99 -0400, you wrote:
>can anyone supp;y me with the algorythm of the PopCom
>compression method??
I'm not sure how it's coded in PopCom, but what you're looking for is a
pattern matching algorithm. One that works well is KMP search, you should
be able to find it in a book about algorithms.
By the way, I think using PopCom is not such a good idea. I had problems
with some files decompressing wrong. And it's not just some bug I made,
because I know other people had the same problems with their own
PopCom-based sources.
I made a cruncher called Mayhem SQueeZe, which gets a compression ratio
that is just a little less than PopCom, but decompresses faster. Right now
I'm rewriting and optimizing it, once it's finished I'll release it for
anyone to use.
If you need a compressor now, you can get the current version of SQueeZe,
just mail me. But the release version will not be compatible with the
current version.
Bye,
Maarten
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