Warp wrote:
>   Not freaky. Ingenious.

Those are not mutually exclusive. :-)

I also liked how the inventors managed the algorithm for arithmetic coding 
to not need unbounded amounts of memory to hold the intermediate arithmetic 
value being created (i.e., how they handled a string of .9999999 sort of 
thing...)

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Why is there a chainsaw in DOOM?
   There aren't any trees on Mars.

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