Suppose we are using a method of encryption that does as much as possible to hide any patterns of a file, including symbol frequencies. And suppose we also want to compress the same file. In terms of...

Suppose we are using a method of encryption that does as much as possible to hide any patterns of a file, including symbol frequencies. And suppose we also want to compress the same file. In terms of the compression performance (the size of compressed file), is it better to compress the file before encrypting it, or encrypt the file before compressing it? Briefly explain the reason