BIRLE
Run-Level Encoding.. now here's something I can work with. Stripping down the UNRLE class, it looks like the whole thing will add about 2.5K of overhead to the process--plenty little to justify its inclusion.

Now for the test: RLE compression of two files, both 7980 bytes, with MANY runs:

- mildly complicated file compression: 3263 Bytes (59.11%)
- extremely simple file compression: 1159 Bytes (85.47%)

Yes, it looks like I'll declare myself an RLE man today.
- posted by frank crist @ 1:58 PM