Smart/lossless compression algorithm for repeating data structures (github.com) 3 points by pault 14y ago ↗ HN
[–] willvarfar 14y ago ↗ A fun project.In real life, use snappy http://code.google.com/p/snappy/ [–] yoav 14y ago ↗ Fun and this works in the browser for client side compression because it's fully js. Snappy is written in C and doesn't work in the browser. [–] przemoc 14y ago ↗ Or LZ4. http://code.google.com/p/lz4/ http://fastcompression.blogspot.com/2011/05/lz4-explained.ht...Atm snappy seems a bit more mature, though.
[–] yoav 14y ago ↗ Fun and this works in the browser for client side compression because it's fully js. Snappy is written in C and doesn't work in the browser.
[–] przemoc 14y ago ↗ Or LZ4. http://code.google.com/p/lz4/ http://fastcompression.blogspot.com/2011/05/lz4-explained.ht...Atm snappy seems a bit more mature, though.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 34.0 ms ] threadIn real life, use snappy http://code.google.com/p/snappy/
Atm snappy seems a bit more mature, though.