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- Subject: Re: experimental new dump
- From: Thomas Lauer <thomas.lauer@...>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:58:13 +0100
Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
> > (A funny aside is that my version of the compiler will optionally
> > compress the byte code. In ALL cases I tested (mind you, just a
> > handful), the resulting compressed file was actually BIGGER than with
> > the old version.
> >
> > byte code old: 53714; same compressed: 26211
> > byte code new: 51565; same compressed: 26322
> >
> > Not sure what's going here...)
>
> The new format has less repetitions and more unique sequences. So, less
> chance for compression.
Sure. I'd certainly expect the relative numbers to go up. But the
absolute numbers...? Still somewhat puzzling, methinks.
Well, never mind.
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cheers thomasl
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