Re: [dev] Looking for simple, alpha supporting image format

From: FRIGN <dev_AT_frign.de>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:48:01 +0200

On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:24:04 +0200
koneu <koneu93_AT_googlemail.com> wrote:

> Pathetic. Why would you do that to save at most 16 bytes?
> Reasons against it:
> 0. This implementation is way cooler.

Great point.

> 1. Storage is cheap.

CPU-cycles are cheap. Memory is cheap. Network is cheap, ...
Still, neglecting these areas adds up and slows down the whole system
noticeably.

> 2. Compression.

This may be valid for network-transmission, but would just be a way
around the issue.

> If anything, I would store the numbers as unsigned 64 bit LSB and change the read/write functions for MSB architectures.

Don't get me started with endianness...

Cheers

FRIGN

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