LZ17

Compression Format, encoder and decoder to learn the basic of compression

Build

by default LZ17 is build in release mode

To build in debug mode (enabling error on compilation warning and debug symbols): make BUILD_MODE=DEBUG

Test

make test

Format description

LZ17 format is described in a google docs https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zkdHL8LjwUeO81Djt7oZ7S0beEqm45sc8pGBQeOP1I4/edit?usp=sharing (comments welcome)