Re: Compressing sequences
.>My original file (saved using prints) was about 60,000 bytes. The one
>saved using EDOM was about 24,000 bytes. However ... if I used PKZip to
>zip my original, print'ed set of sequences, it became ... 622 bytes!
>Yikes! Would there be a way to save and load zipped sequences 'on the
>fly', ie, save_zipped_seq () / load_zipped_seq? Or is this just a dumb
>idea?
EDOM stores sequences efficiently, however only provides an interface for
encryption and compression of data. I will not give it a shot, but there are
many docs out there that describe the structure of a zip file, and the
method used. I do suspect it will be slow. Maybe some of the ASM guru's out
there, could make a machine routine that 1) opens files within the zip 2)
allow normal i/o commands to be executed upon the zip. Together with a
wrapper, the actual coder doesnt even have to use different routines, simply
open the file like open( "myzip.zip/myfile.dat" , "rz" ) -- Read zipped file
But off course this is only speculation. You could off course use one of the
many free DLL's under WIN32.
Good luck,
Ralf
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