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Re: Reason for gz over bz2?
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- Subject: Re: Reason for gz over bz2?
- From: "Eduardo Alberto Hernández Muñoz" <coz.eduardo.hernandez@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 19:46:26 -0400
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So is there a reason why more people don't use bzip2 instead of gzip?
I'm not sure of how big the difference is, but I'm pretty sure gzip is
faster at compressing and decompressing. And since bzip2 making
smaller files lowers the download speed, but it's actually slower to
decompress, a fast connection used with a slow computer could favor
using gzip over bzip2.
-Coz