Compressor "firn" improves ZSTD by 13%
3 points by seccode 4 hours ago | 3 comments
  • themerone 4 hours ago |
    This works by text substitution, I imagine that you could get similar or better gains using zstd custom dictionaries.
    • seccode 4 hours ago |
      This is a direct comparison to zstd with a dictionary actually
      • seccode 4 hours ago |
        Methodology for comparison: train zstd dictionary on enwik9. Then build my dictionary as most common words in enwik9. Mine does 13% better because of the way I discovered how you can generate dictionary replacement symbols