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From: dcs2e@darwin.clas.virginia.edu (David Swanson)
Subject: Re: Languages: Hard, Harder, Hardest
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In article <4tfmo6$a2h@news.ox.ac.uk>
patrick@gryphon.psych.ox.ac.uk (Patrick Juola) writes:

> Well, here are more numbers.  I used WinZIP5.6 as a compression algorithm,
> set to maximal compression :
> 
>         English (NRV)          1,305,266 bytes
>         Russian                 1,289,743   "
>         Dutch                   1,386,516   "
>         French                  1,350,718   "
>         Finnish                 1,373,480   "
>         Maori                   1,242,002   "
> 
> The maximum difference in *these* numbers is just under 12% (11.636%),
> this time between Dutch and Maori.   I'd say that this validates
> Mr. Silberstein's prediction.
> 
>         Patrick


Come.  Come.  I could get those down to 4% or even 3% given time, which
ought to be close enough for theological work.


David

"Heideggerian hope comes into question." J.D.
