DConf 2013 keynote

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Saturday, May 11, 2013 23:59:44 Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> On Fri, 10 May 2013 19:04:31 -0400
> 
> "Jonathan M Davis" <jmdavisProg at gmx.com> wrote:
> > On Friday, May 10, 2013 14:31:00 H. S. Teoh wrote:
> > > As they say in information theory: it is the stuff that stands out,
> > > that is different from the rest, that carries the most information.
> > > The stuff that's pretty much repeated every single time conveys
> > > very little information.
> > 
> > This is an excellent way of looking at language design (and program
> > design for that matter).
> 
> Not to mention data compression ;)

LOL. Yes. That's pretty much what you have to look at in data compression by 
definition - that and finding ways to make more of the data which is different 
the same without losing too much information or quality (at least with lossy 
compression).

- Jonathan M Davis