Re: [Algorithms] Comparing apples to apples : compression libraries

[Jon W. <hp...@mi...>]

John W. Ratcliff wrote:
>
> internet, each of which has entirely different API, source code 
> layout, and license agreement. Just figuring out to call 
> ‘compressData’ (if you even can) is often hours of wading through 
> documentation and dealing with build/configuration issues.
>

Did you check out the work of Ross Williams from the early '90s? He also 
proposed a standard compression API, and implemented some different 
algorithms to that API. I believe, at the time, there were some patent 
problems with his approach, but that may now have subsided. The 
interesting thing about his code was that it was focused towards 
in-core, on-the-fly usage, with a streaming interface and low-ish memory 
overhead.

Sincerely,

jw