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Convert between binary data and ASCII base-85 encoded text
libascii85 is a library of functions for conversion between binary data and ASCII base-85 encoded text as specified by Adobe in the PostScript Language Reference.
This module provides functions for conversion between binary data and ASCII base-85 encoded text as described by Adobe in the PostScript Language Reference. There is also a non‐standard mode that encodes a group of four consecutive ASCII SPACE characters as a single ‘y’ character, and omits the ‘~>’ EOD marker. Please note that this module is written in pure Perl, and is as such very slow. A better alternative is to use the MPPerl::Convert::ASCII85::XS module, in which the most time-critical...