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Prime numbers can provide the ultimate form of compression. If only there was a way to find a corresponding prime number per code base.
by vignesh_vs_in 13y ago
Prime numbers can provide the ultimate form of compression. If only there was a way to find a corresponding prime number per code base.
- theatraine 13y agoThere's no compression. It's expansion, since null bytes were added to increase the digit length of the resulting prime, making it long enough to publish. For an arbitrary binary, the original (most likely non-prime) zipped representation is more useful since it's smaller.
- IgorPartola 13y agoI think he is saying that for example the Linux kernel version 3.11 would be the Nth prime.