Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marko Rauhamaa Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: python implementation of a new integer encoding algorithm. Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 23:54:05 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: <87fva2ophe.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> References: <515047c1-a20d-430e-a029-1c2d77db2f1a@googlegroups.com> <2a717ffb-d61d-4407-9082-1c17cd7ee573@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="ff5cf27ef3d5b31f034d3b72bdc27a41"; logging-data="29919"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18mbuffoPgljgt5IHHU0taH" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:YzWWCM5BfKhcf3IK82HneUWCMb0= sha1:4lzsmO0atKJ1sAgcvhLNhRaBvAM= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:85820 janhein.vanderburg@gmail.com: > Op woensdag 18 februari 2015 17:47:49 UTC+1 schreef Dave Angel: >> On 02/18/2015 03:59 AM, janhein.vanderburg@gmail.com wrote: >> > encoding individual integers optimally without any assumptions >> > about their values. >> >> Contradiction in terms. > > Not. Out of curiosity, could you give me an example of an integer, not assuming anything about its value. I mean, any integer you could mention would be very close to zero compared with virtually all other integers. Marko