Re: Delta performance

I wrote:

> I remember comparing gzip with compress-only vdeltas; I got similar
> results (say, +-10%) when the vdelta windows were large enough to
> accomodate whole files, even though I believe gzip does a much better
> job of eliminating redundancies than vdelta is designed to do.

That's nonsense, of course. I was comparing `diff -e� with the estimated
size computed by `vdelta-test� on text files (typically `diff
Makefile.in Makefile�).

I plead insanity and lack of sleep.

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