ashok@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Viet Anh) (02/22/91)
IBM's "Q-coder" --- an arithmetic code for a binary source --- has received a lot of attention lately. I'd like to point out that there exist arithmetic codes for K-ary sources, and that these may be more efficient and/or more convenient in a given application. If you'd like more information about K-ary arithmetic coding, or example C code (non-commercial applications only), send me email at ashok@ltssun1.epfl.ch. Ashok Chhabedia Popat EPFL-LTS, Lausanne, Switzerland