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- Short: standard data compression library
- Type: util/libs
- Uploader: mlelstv@serpens.swb.de
- Author: mlelstv@serpens.swb.de
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- This is a port of the standard "zlib 1.0.4" library created
- by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler. zlib uses an algorithm
- similar to the one used in the popular gzip program.
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- It has been partially converted into an AmigaOS shared library
- except for some convenience functions that sit on top of
- the stdio library. These functions are kept in a linker
- library compatible with the SAS/C compiler. Programs that
- require zlib can simply link against the linker library.
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- Except for some changes required for the shared library the
- only other change is an 68k assembler version of the longest_match
- routine which is the heart of the compressor. As a result this
- library reaches about 90% the speed of the gzip program. The
- remaining speed difference comes from the SAS/C compiler used
- (compared to GNU C for gzip).
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