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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Allows for long string or data constants to be compressed at compile-time, with a small decoder routine for decompression at run-time. -Compression is achieved using Huffman coding, which works by creating codes for frequently-occuring characters. +Compression is achieved using [Huffman coding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huffman_coding), which works by creating short (measured in bits) codes for frequently-occuring characters. ## Use cases @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ A ~3.5kB string of JSON can be compressed down ~2.5kB ([see it on Godbolt](https A ~40 line commented sample of Lisp can be reduced from 1,662 bytes to 1,244 (418 bytes saved) ([on Godbolt](https://godbolt.org/z/c64Pzz)). -Compression will work best on not-small blocks of text or data. This is because a decoding tree must be stored with the compressed data, requiring three bytes per value. +Compression will work best on larger blocks of text or data, as a decoding tree must be stored with the compressed data that requires three bytes per unique data byte. ## How to Use |