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- From: robert@alkymi.unit.no (Robert Schmidt)
- Subject: Re: PKZIP 2.04c vs. ARJ/LHA/ZOO Compression/Speed Results
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.170553.3188@ugle.unit.no>
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- Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
- References: <C0IE0M.JCr@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 17:05:53 GMT
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- In article <C0IE0M.JCr@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>, djtooley@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Doug Tooley) writes:
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- > My comments:
- >
- > Well, the new ZIP takes it hands down.
- >
- > Congratulations PKWARE, PKZip's speed and now compression is #1!
-
- That's where you're wrong... partly. I've used PKZIP and ARJ on many
- kinds of files of different sizes in their maximum compression modes.
- ARJ usually wins on compression ratio by 2-10 Kb, but of course PKZIP is
- way faster.
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- Just one example such as the one you have assembled, is never enough
- to judge to such close competitors as ARJ and PKZIP.
-
- Robert
-