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Re: Squashing
I have heard a good deal of discussion and a lot of
dissent about squashed files in an ARChive. There are SYSOPS
that will not allow squashed files on their boards. These
folks are behind the times. What would have happened if
squeezed files and library files and ARC files would have
been excluded when they first came out ?
When a file is ARChived, the ARCing program must
first decide which algorithm will yield the best compression
ratio (and this is no tivial task if you are optomizing for
speed). Each of the storage methods, packing, storing, squeezing
and crunching becomes the best choice under the right circumstances.
Squashing is no different. Why should we want to omit one of our
compression tools ?? Squashing can offer significant savings on the
right file and is a viable tool in our bag of compression tricks, not
to mention that it is the easiest (and most logical) to code.
Phil Katz has, in my opinion received undue criticism
on this squashing matter (and admittedly from me too in the
early stages, but that was not a well considered opinion).
I am in favor of squashed files and urge others to accept them
as well.
Gary Conway