Terry,
Sounds great! Would have many uses where text is the medium (html, REBOL scripts,
e-mail, etc).
However, I will remain politely skeptical until I see it in action.
While I don't have much experience with the mechanics of compression, I have read some
about it.
And from that I am heartened by your description of giving better compression for a
specific type of file ("This works only for communication using standard english
words..."). _A_Lot_ of work has been done in this area, and _many_ claims of a better
system have been proven false. But, many compression schemes are tuned for _any_ type
of file (standard zip , PKZIP WinZip etc), so claims for a better system for a
specific type of file are plausible.
I am openly skeptical about your (implied) claim that you can greatly compress an
already compressed file ("If a better compression system than winzip is used, then the
213 would be even smaller."). While not impossible, I would like to see if it is a
general phenomenon for any English text file.
Can it be tuned for REBOL scripts?
I've been toying with using huffman-encoding (thanks RebolForces!) on the level of
words instead of characters. Is this similar to your scheme?
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