From: Phillip Gawlowski Date: 2007-03-29T09:56:17+09:00 Subject: Re: Just for fun... Trans wrote: > Sorry about the delayed response. I just have too much one my mind... > > On Mar 23, 8:18 am, Mauricio Fernandez wrote: > >> Ah I see, you were surprised at deflate being so bad... I was surprised at >> your surprise :) > > Truly surprised. Makes me wonder why other formats like 7z aren't more > widely used. Is decompression speed really that much more important > than size? Taking at todays cheap processing time and even cheaper mass storage, I'd say, all else being equal, size isn't that important to the end user. in other environments (transferring large files across a thin pipe), size is more important than speed. It's good to have choice in different scenarios. -- Phillip "CynicalRyan" Gawlowski http://cynicalryan.110mb.com/ Rule of Open-Source Programming #11: When a developer says he will work on something, he or she means "maybe".