Reverse engineering Märklin train track geometry. Can anyone confirm that it’s based on a 5/6 mm unit? I have no idea why that would be the case but it makes all the lengths integer and rounds to the catalogue numbers.
Me: Huh, interesting that go gzip generates larger files than normal gzip.
*one hour later*
Opus: That’s because it doesn’t emit 3-byte matches. Here’s the original source and a histogram I got from a gzipped file.
Wait, what?
Highly recommended reading if you’re interested in processor architecture.
My only concern: it spends a lot of words on the easy stuff and then glosses over the advanced stuff.