in reply to Re^2: How to efficently pack a string of 63 characters
in thread How to efficently pack a string of 63 characters

> When I say random i always assume sampling from a uniform dist.

The shown sample is obviously far from random or uniformly distributed

> > > Example: 

ABBCBCAAAAABBCBCACCCAAAAACAAAAABBBBBAAAAABBAAAAAAAABBCCCACCAABC
BCCCBCAACAABBBCAAACCAAAAACAAAAABBBBBAAAAABBAAAAAAAABBCCCACCABBC
ABCCBBBAAAABBABCACABCCCCCCAAAAABBCBBCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCACCACCC
...

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Please show us some real input. And more of it.

Otherwise, if that's real input, please realize it's very redundant.

Otherwise couldn't compress such a distribution to 5% already.

Cheers Rolf
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