Compression of random binary data

[Chris Angelico]

On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 2:28 AM, Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hope this helps put the subject into context. Compression is a very
> technical subject, to "do it right". Special cases can be worked out,
> sure, but the "hidden assumptions" in a method are what make the
> difference between a "compression algorithm" and a "way of storing my
> particular data more efficiently".

And to put *this* into context and perspective, both of the above are
extremely useful tools/algorithms. Generalized compression algos are
used all the time, special-purpose lossy compression algos too, and
"way[s] of storing my particular data more efficiently" are utterly
crucial to many applications. But they're not universal compression
schemes.

ChrisA