Kitty Litter Back to data compression
One of my long time fascinations has been with data compression. I've read a lot about it, tried to keep up with modern techniques, but never really written much usable code.
Recently I decided, partly as an exercise in remaining fluent in C, I'd try to re-implement one of the simplest algorithms I know. I used this method almost 20 years ago to compress payloads for a tiny embedded board which had 256kB RAM and 128kB ROM.