Author: Stan Eisenstat
Subject: Re: [Cs323] pruning concept
Date: Friday, 06 Nov 2020, 07:37:14

    > Message Posted By: Unknown
    >
    > Does pruning lead to more codes outputted but smaller overall because less
    > bits are sent? I am having a bit of trouble understanding.

Pruning removes from the table strings that were never
sent/received.  This allows new strings to be added to
the table, and if enough strings were removed, the
number of bits per code sent/received is also reduced.

--Stan-