which is better comp or comp-3 in terms of memory
utilization?

Answer Posted / santy

COMP is better that COMP-3 in terms of memory utilization.

check out below examples.

COMP COMP-3
(in bytes) (in bytes)


S9(04) 2 3
S9(08) 4 5
S9(09) 4 5
S9(10) 8 6
S9(11) 8 6
S9(12) 8 7
S9(13) 8 7
S9(14) 8 8

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