[fitsbits] CFITSIO vs document {External}

[Barrett, Paul]

I've started implementing compression in FITS.jl. The current bottleneck
is, except for gzip, implementing the various compression algorithms.
Julia currently does not have packages for Rice, PLIO, and H-compress.

 -- Paul


On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 6:22 AM Mark Taylor via fitsbits <
fitsbits at listmgr.nrao.edu> wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Mar 2024, Pierre Fernique via fitsbits wrote:
>
> > More generally, regarding the easiness / difficulty of implementing the
> new
> > document's recommendations, it would be interesting to know which
> alternative
> > libraries to CFITSIO have already partially or fully implemented the
> document
> > compression/decompression recommendations. A new column in the table
> described
> > here https://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_libraries.html would be very
> valuable for
> > evaluating this question.
>
> I would be interested to see that information as well.
>
> --
> Mark Taylor  Astronomical Programmer  Physics, Bristol University, UK
> m.b.taylor at bristol.ac.uk          https://www.star.bristol.ac.uk/mbt/
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