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- From: nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico E de Vries)
- Newsgroups: comp.compression
- Subject: Re: INFO-ZIP congretulations!
- Message-ID: <3045@accucx.cc.ruu.nl>
- Date: 7 Sep 92 20:59:00 GMT
- References: <3039@accucx.cc.ruu.nl> <3040@accucx.cc.ruu.nl> <1992Sep5.140817.21201@wheaton.wheaton.edu>
- Organization: Academic Computer Centre Utrecht
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- Glauber writes:
- >I wrote :
- >>
- >>compression speed of the tigtest mode seems to be about 20% slower
- >>than PKZIP 1.93a which is very impressive. Even more than at first sight.
-
- >And it feels very fast if you don't use -9 maximum compression.
-
- Notice that the ZIP default mode is about 50% slower than the PKZIP
- default mode, a weak comparission since ZIP does compress better
- in default mode. The ZIP default mode has about the same speed as
- the PKZIP 1.93a -EX mode.
-
- >Anyway. Very very good work.
-
- Yes, Info-ZIP is great work.
-
- > Glauber
-
- Nico E. de Vries
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- MS-DOS + DR-DOS + X-DOS + Geoworks + Windows + Windows NT + OS/2 2.0 +
- DesqView/X + Solaris + Interactive UNIX + multiuser DOS + NextStep = confusion
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