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Decompressing a gzip file by hand (sorta), part 2: Now with Huffman (thomastay.dev)
24 points by thomastay 921 days ago
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divyenduz 920 days ago
Oh nice, I did something similar recently (https://github.com/divyenduz/zoid-zip), mine is much lighter/smaller than yours. Instead of following a standard fully, I just use Huffman coding to make stuff smaller!
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dang 920 days ago
Related:

Decompressing a Gzip File by Hand - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29336271 - Nov 2021 (18 comments)

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jay-barronville 920 days ago
Do you sleep? Haha.
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dang 919 days ago
I do! but I also keep odd hours, which kind of fits the job. Or maybe the job did it to me
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