pack.txt
jbabor@paradise.net.nz
98-06-30

My pack/unpack contribution is meant to complement Junko's
implementation of Huffman compression as well as Graeme's block
crunch. Its compression phase is about 4 to 10 times slower, but it
gives, generally, better compression rates than Graeme's crunch. It
also seems to be better than Junko's Huffman, but only for smaller
files, say up to 50 to 100 kbytes, mainly because it does not have the
same initial overhead (tree).

The algorithm is briefly described at top of pack.ex. It is quite
interesting, I think, and also so simple that it cannot possibly be
novel. But I am not aware of any restrictions on its use. Perhaps
because I have not searched for them...  Enjoy  Jiri
