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   R.Wieser to All   
   Re: Compression At Bit level   
   11 Jun 18 21:56:54   
   
   From: address@nospicedham.not.available   
      
   Bilal Ahmad,   
      
   > And I was just giving an example of Huffman encoding, I didn't   
   > mean specifically Huffman algo   
      
   I didn't either, but as you specifically named that one I used it in an   
   example to how to google it.   You could do the same for all kinds of   
   compression methods: LZH, LZW, ARC, ZIP, you name it.   All of them can be   
   implemented in Assembly, and I've seen code examples to all of the above   
   floating on the 'web somewhere.   
      
   > And i think it would be difficult to build a tree at asm level.   
      
   Not really.  But if you think so, why don't you consider building trees as   
   the first step to your goal ?   Forget everything else, and just concentrate   
   on building (and traversing) a tree.  You will definitily learn a lot from   
   experimenting with it. :-)   
      
   Than again, you could also take a peek at (one of) the above compression   
   methods, and look at how they did it.  In other words: Learning from the   
   masters.   
      
   > Like, we pack bits in some certain design, I tried to implement it,   
   > but I think it is not that much efficient.   
      
   Hmmm...   There are quite a number smart*sses (in a positive way) in this   
   newsgroup, and quite a few will definitily want to help you *as long as* you   
   would post something they could actually look at and comment upon.   
      
   Vague-ish ideas tend to grab a lot less attention I'm afraid - for exactly   
   the reason of what is happening here:  You've effectivily rejected my   
   previous reply (its wasted energy) because you ment to ask something a bit   
   different than what I could make out from your question.   
      
      
   So, think about what you actually want/need to get an answer to, and ask   
   that.  Preferrably (understatement) with some code showing what you tried   
   yourself, together with an explanation to why it isn't what you want.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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