From: hu47121@usenet.kitty.sub.org   
      
   Hi!   
      
   glen herrmannsfeldt  wrote:   
      
   Actually, our moderator wrote:   
      
   >-- glen   
   >[Variable length instructions aren't that hard.  You start by assuming   
   >everything will be the long form, then iterate over the code a few   
   >times shrinking what you can.  That isn't always perfectly optimal   
   >(which is known to be NP complete), but it's pretty close. -John]   
      
   Can't one also go the other way round: Start in the short(est) form and   
   lengthen as long as needed?   
      
   Hannah.   
   [Shrinking long versions has the advantage that the code is always valid,   
   even if you miss a few. -John]   
      
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