From: "Greg Holdridge" <greg AT holdridge7 DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: realloc causing fault
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 19:24:01 -0000
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Don't worry, this is a purely academic exercise. And doesnt the extended
ASCII table cover codes 0 through 0xff anyway?

Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p> wrote in
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> On Wed, 6 Dec 2000 09:10:27 -0000, "Greg Holdridge"
> <greg AT holdridge7 DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
>
> >Decompress a file done in bog-standard LZW compression
>
> LZW compression is no longer the standard.
>   http://burnallgifs.org/
> Deflate is the new standard.
>   http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/zlib/
> Why else would the GNU system use deflated .gz files instead of
> LZW-compressed .Z files?
>
> >all ASCII characters are roots.
>
> No, all bytes are roots.  ASCII characters range from 0 to 0x7f; the
> LZW you're trying to implement (but you'll probably get sued for it)
> covers all bytes from 0 to 0xff.
>
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