Posted by Eeyore on 11/30/07 11:18

Richard Crowley wrote:

> "Eeyore" wrote ...
> > Richard Crowley wrote:
> >> "Eeyore" wrote ...
> >
> >> > There is a BIG difference however. A true CODEC operates
> >> > in real time. Zipping and unzipping files is however not a real
> >> > time process.
> >> >
> >> > Wikipedia also takes the view that codecs must be real time.
> >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codec
> >> > "A codec is a device or program capable of performing encoding
> >> > and decoding on a digital data stream or signal. "
> >>
> >> Sorry, I can't see the words "real time" anywhere in your quote
> >> (or on the whole page, for that matter). Can you help us find them?
> >
> > A *signal* or *data stream* are real-time concepts.
> >
> > In comparison zipping and unzipping files is very much NOT real-time.
>
> Then we must agree to disagree. I take it you are not
> a comptuer programmer? I've never before heard the
> notion that a "data stream" had any temporal implication.

Maybe the streams and rivers in your world run on a stop-start basis too ?

Graham

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