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From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
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Subject: Re: ARJ 2.0
Keywords: New Version
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Date: 23 Apr 91 23:23:54 GMT
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In article <1991Apr19.200436.14936@en.ecn.purdue.edu> chuangss@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Shyne Song Chuang) writes:
>Hi there,
>
>Just wanted to let you guys know that there's a new version of ARJ that's
>out. Version 2 is *supposed* to compress as well as LHA 2.1x (gives perhaps
>the best compression around) AND is supposed to compress as fast as PKZIP!
>If any of you know an ftp site where it can be found, please mention it.
>I got my copy of ARJ 2.0 from Delphi.
>
>As usual, I haven't had time to test ARJ, so correct me if I'm wrong... But
>that's what I read in the .doc file.

As usual, the speed claims are exagerated, but it is an impressive improvement.
ARJ 2.0 blows LHarc 2.12 out of the water.  It packs about the same, and is
much faster (hope that's not too technical).  It is still slower than PKZIP,
but he's really speeded it up.  Instead of taking 2-3 times as long as the ZIP
version, it takes about a minute longer than ZIP does to compress a file that
takes ZIP 3 minutes.

Really vague, I know.  I've got all the results at home, I'll bring them in and
type them up.