[–] Herring 17y ago ↗ From the comments:"I read about half-way through this, but I had to stop because I couldn’t really handle the prose. Is there some sort of Non-profit organization that helps needy programmers learn how to write?"I think I just got an idea for a startup. [–] pchristensen 17y ago ↗ A frustrating, unprofitable one...
[–] ars 17y ago ↗ Don't bother reading this.He doesn't know what he's talking about.Why would proving deflate correct have the slightest effect on the sizes of files it can make?It's very easy to compress a huge file full of zeros into a tiny one that uncompresses surprisingly large. The fact that it works is not a bug.I'm trying to understand what he's talking about and I can't. It's probably best to ignore nonsense.
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[ 622 ms ] story [ 2723 ms ] thread"I read about half-way through this, but I had to stop because I couldn’t really handle the prose. Is there some sort of Non-profit organization that helps needy programmers learn how to write?"
I think I just got an idea for a startup.
He doesn't know what he's talking about.
Why would proving deflate correct have the slightest effect on the sizes of files it can make?
It's very easy to compress a huge file full of zeros into a tiny one that uncompresses surprisingly large. The fact that it works is not a bug.
I'm trying to understand what he's talking about and I can't. It's probably best to ignore nonsense.