[comp.compression] Reply to Brad's criticism of proposed standard.

ross@spam.ua.oz.au (Ross Williams) (06/22/91)

CRIT_005: STATIC VS DYNAMIC ARRAYS
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From: brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton)

>Compressors often have very tight inner loops where all the CPU is spent and
>where slight increases in efficiency can result in major increases in
>speed.
>
>In this case, the difference between a static array (say for your hashtable)
>and a dynamic one can actually be real, particularly for the more efficient
>compressors that only do a few instructions per loop.

I don't understand what your point is?

Ross Williams
ross@spam.ua.oz.au