Re: the failure of fractal image compression

From: Roger L. Bagula (rlbtftn_at_netscape.net)
Date: 08/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 21:51:53 GMT

  http://mindprod.com/jgloss/knuth.html
Knuth, Donald Ervin
Another name for God. Knuth has been around longer though. His series of
books on algorithms and computing written back in the 1960s are still
definitive. Every time I invented an incredible new algorithm, someone
would point out the idea was old hat, described in a footnote somewhere
in Knuth. I did finally figure out a way of doing multiprecision divide
a little faster than his algorithm.
He also invented Web literate programming and the TEX typesetting scheme
that laid the groundwork for PostScript.

Rich, my troll: You should keep to yourself when you don't know....
Rich wrote:
> [Please do not mail me a copy of your followup]
>
> tftn@earthlink.net spake the secret code
> <411A9A9E.3060609@netscape.net> thusly:
>
>
>>Post script was very closely related to Dr. Knuth's
>>work,
>
>
> And your proof of this statement is what?
>
>
>>but it was pretty much taken over by a private company which makes
>>large profits for stockholders yearly ( Adobe ©).
>
>
> Supporting evidence for this statement is what?
>
> I see no point in continuing since you don't seem to know what you are
> talking about. 

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