Neustradamus :xmpp: :linux:Apr 24, 2025
#Gzip 1.14 has been released (#GNU / #GNUZip / #Gz / #TarGz / #FileArchiver / #DataCompression / #DEFLATE / #LempelZiv / #LZ77 / #LempelZiv77 / #HuffmanCode) https://gnu.org/software/gzip/
Gzip - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

Andrew ShieldsApr 4, 2025
On not remembering much about my 1992 visit to the Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics in the Black Forest. #111Words #Oberwolfach #BlackForest #MicheleSantamaria #Poetry #Mathematics #PaulShields #LempelZiv https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/04/on-not-remembering-much-about-my-1992.html
On not remembering much about my 1992 visit to the Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics in the Black Forest

Recently, I thought about writing about visiting my mathematician father, Paul Shields, when he was at the Oberwolfach Research Institute fo...

Neustradamus :xmpp: :linux:Jul 22, 2024
#LZ4 1.10.0 has been released (#LempelZiv4 / #LempelZiv / #LZ77 / #LempelZiv77 / #LZO / #FastLZ / #QuickLZ / #Snappy / #Zstandard / #zstd / #DataCompression) https://github.com/lz4/lz4
GitHub - lz4/lz4: Extremely Fast Compression algorithm

Extremely Fast Compression algorithm. Contribute to lz4/lz4 development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadJoachim WibergAug 20, 2023

Aaaand that was the last bug, zoo now builds and runs also on NetBSD, I had 6.1.5 on a very old server ... and apparently nothing better to do today.

Now some minor cosmetics, changelog updating, and then release v2.11 in a day or so.

#opensource #publicdomain #zoo #archiver #lempelziv

Joachim WibergAug 20, 2023

Heh, working on zoo again 😲 🥰  

https://github.com/troglobit/zoo

#opensource #publicdomain #zoo #archiving #lempelziv

GitHub - troglobit/zoo: public domain zoo archive tool

public domain zoo archive tool. Contribute to troglobit/zoo development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Blake PattersonFeb 19, 2023

Compression pioneer Abraham Lempel passes.

https://www.honoraryunsubscribe.com/abraham-lempel/?fs=e&s=cl

#RIP #technology #compression #LempelZiv #computinghistory #LZ

Abraham Lempel - Honorary Unsubscribe

Lempel was interested in data compression, and his work is still in use on your computer and phone.

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रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Jul 2, 2022

A nice overview of #lossless #compression #algorithms with a brief #history:

“History Of Lossless Data Compression Algorithms” [2014], ETHW (https://ethw.org/History_of_Lossless_Data_Compression_Algorithms).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31922396

#LZ77 #LempelZiv #LosslessCompression #ZIP #DEFLATE #LZMA #HuffmanCoding #RLE

History of Lossless Data Compression Algorithms

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