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- From: exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (Sunbird a la 400ci)
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- Subject: Re: Comparison of ARJ 2.3 and PKZip 2.04 and 1.1 (Was: pkzip 2.04c uploaded to w)
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- Date: 20 Jan 93 23:19:31 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan18.095526.12886@mfltd.co.uk> sts@mfltd.co.uk (Steve Sherwood) writes:
-
- >Quite right, +/- 1% is irrelevant for most people, and arj is slow. This is
- >something that the author should address. ZIP is fast and it compresses well,
- >but it is horribly full of bugs. I can't even use it in a DOS window without
- >adding -) on the end on the command line. It's multi-volume (in)capabilty
- >is pretty bad, and it is rather limited in functionality.
-
- >All in all, functionality and freedom from bugs makes me use arj. It is
- >a pity that it is rather slow. Ok.. Mr Robert K jung, if you are reading,
- >this is this weeks chalange.
-
- On the other hand, I could tolerate the slowness of arj if it were a windows
- app.
-
- Mr. Jung has some speed to address, but PKWARE may address their bug
- problems also. For some reason, the copy I got from them seems to be
- missing some of these bugs, but I'm also running a real straight setup.
-
- You wouldn't be using QEMM by any chance?
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