From: nowhere@never.at   
      
   I wrote:   
      
   > sorry for the delayed response,   
      
   > I think we could combine a 5:4 ASCII-to-BIN and a pack algo. ie:   
   > my first thought was about a 5 bit encoded text which may cover   
   > all ASCII incl. all controls from 00..7F in five groups [01..1A],   
   > 1B..1F are group prefixes and 00 used as terminator.   
      
   > We first would need to convert TEXT_5 to TEXT_8 and then 5:4 to BIN.   
   > this way we may be able to save up to 40% on transfer bandwidth.   
      
   after check on various text examples I see max.25% size gain with this   
   idea because all space become 10 bits and capital "First" letters and   
   single number characters grow to 15 bits.   
   Perhaps another method can gain more.   
      
   > and as we are on packing algos...   
   > my preference would be a compromise of speed vs compression rate.   
      
   > let's discuss some pack/unpack variants around so far...   
   > I haven't studied any yet.   
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   wolfgang   
      
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