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- From: anisko@usdtsg.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (anisko)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.st.tech
- Subject: Re: ZOO/ZIP/ARC/LZH
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- Date: 2 Sep 92 20:52:55 GMT
- References: <1992Sep1.014304.22255@actrix.gen.nz> <8eck4=200awJAJJIFk@andrew.cmu.edu>
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- In article <8eck4=200awJAJJIFk@andrew.cmu.edu> sm86+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stefan Monnier) writes:
- >
- >You can use different weighting for the importance of speed
- >compared to size ! Of course, LHarc is the worse if time is important
- >as it always uses a slow but quite efficient algo.
- >If size is more important, on the other hand, it will be 2nd !
-
- At least to me, compression is the important thing. It may take a
- -little- longer to compress or decompress a file, but when you are
- downloading it long distance or off one of the services (like GEnie) then
- the compression saves you some money (particularly over the long run).
-
- Robert Anisko
- anisko@usdtsg.daytonoh.ncr.com
- R.ANISKO
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