He analyzed the mathematical properties of dictionary lookups and developed a compression algorithm that came within 0.03 bits of the theoretical minimum possible compression - a feat that remains unmatched even today.
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The story of how he designed this dictionary lookup from the ground up is a lesson in software engineering. How you consider the resource constraints in front of you and design your solution to run within them.
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