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- From: agnus@amylnd.stgt.sub.org (Matthias Zepf)
- Subject: Re: lha vs compress
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.095509.9898@amylnd.stgt.sub.org>
- Sender: agnus@amylnd.stgt.sub.org (Matthias Zepf)
- Reply-To: agnus@amylnd.stgt.sub.org (Matthias Zepf)
- Organization: Agnus' Home, Leonberg/Warmbronn, Germany
- References: <dillon.0t23@overload.Berkeley.CA.US>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 09:55:09 GMT
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- Matthew Dillon writes
- > pkzip is better then lharc, but generally not better then lha. (make
- > sure you are using lha, which is the -lh5- compression algorithm). I
- > could be wrong, the only zip I have is on an IBM and I've no idea what
- > version it is. zip *is* faster.
-
- The zip implementation on NeXT is faster than the lha is, but
- the lha version of S. Boberg for Amiga is faster than all
- other archivers. My A3000 (68030 @ 25 MHz) with Boberg's lha
- beats my Station (68040 @ 25 MHz).
-
- In general lha offers better compression than zip. Best
- compression is offered by Squash.
-
- > I tend to use lha/lharc because I can run it on my Amiga, PC's, AND my
- > NeXT box.
-
- Good idea. lha is as portable as zip. I would like to use Squash,
- but it is only available for NeXTs ...
-
- Matthias
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