On 1/19/12 2:50 PM, Paul McNett wrote: > On 1/19/12 2:17 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: >> On 1/19/2012 1:56 PM, Kevin Cully wrote: >>> 2) Site compression is better by around 2% if using all lowercase tags. >> >> >> Cool. Wonder why? > > Lowercase letters have higher ASCII values. The higher the ASCII value, the > more bits > to compress. > > #FactsWithoutWikipedia
Joking aside, I bet that it doesn't come to lower case versus upper case, but rather consistent case versus inconsistent case. IOW, pick either upper or lower, and stick with it consistently. That way the compression algorithm has more redundant strings to compress. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
