Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!usenet-fr.net!nerim.net!novso.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.034 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.94; '*S*': 0.01; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'to:addr:pearwood.info': 0.16; 'to:addr:steve+comp.lang.python': 0.16; "to:name:steven d'aprano": 0.16; 'sender:addr:gmail.com': 0.17; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'items.': 0.19; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'subject:that': 0.31; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'structure': 0.39; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=1eKZbc4CKlNPViLsqwnU1zumZRks3M6kUcuXcIyzZS8=; b=dB+tvgWrKE871PVFQgWEwT0hgEotjli6t4BZPRz6ywt8IKuIOANiKevGxXrLKF5q1/ JhBy30H/I0UwMhPvq477CvpyxafUx593rG+Kb0d3GZ3XKCPbFbqU18Vi4AvrSwDhK5gr CCXrUDSXB74yAg64ohAL/7US646ktXryOU80TZfo5V2sfIW8lJvdxEPY6VfkY4P1hWr5 B3JeRuLZQfmV9Xx1GMuoaAlCfOzqYQMddkV4I7CxnTEPJLbYW/5vBdimvSdurO9N7D2J E5u5UbRMa9o0l2X1hOX5RN5FaoRQ8f8R+RGXT18kHULz38A64bqiKA3DhiDbVRO8+uQK nOTQ== X-Received: by 10.152.29.38 with SMTP id g6mr1618612lah.25.1383493909897; Sun, 03 Nov 2013 07:51:49 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com In-Reply-To: References: <205bfa4f-29de-43de-be5a-72a12d77d0c9@googlegroups.com> <5275c065$0$29972$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> From: Joshua Landau Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 15:51:09 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: neUlGk5vp7fM0DYzFQJhIqWK8lc Subject: Re: Algorithm that makes maximum compression of completly diffused data. To: "Steven D'Aprano" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: python-list X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 5 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1383493918 news.xs4all.nl 15959 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:49588 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:58400 On 3 November 2013 15:34, Joshua Landau wrote: >I can genuinely compress > the whole structure by N log2 Y items. By which I mean 2N items.