Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!brl-smoke!w8sdz From: w8sdz@brl-smoke.ARPA (Keith B. Petersen ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: SQUASHED! Message-ID: <6047@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: Fri, 3-Jul-87 18:05:28 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-smok.6047 Posted: Fri Jul 3 18:05:28 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 5-Jul-87 00:15:53 EDT References: <642@cgh.UUCP> Reply-To: w8sdz@brl.arpa (Keith B. Petersen (WSMR|towson) ) Distribution: world Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 18 Keywords: ARC, PKARC, squashed, STANDARDS If SEA and Vernon Buerg won't see the usefulness in the more efficient compression (on some files) of squash, why should we all suffer? Who says SEA is the "standard"? Since PKARC is 6 times faster than ARC and faster than ARCA/ARCE, why do we continue to use the slower programs? Maybe it's because Phil Katz hasn't released the source code? I haven't seen any source code released for Buerg's programs, and there has been no release that I know of for ARC521 source. SEA, during the early history of ARC, revised the "standard" to include more efficient compression methods. It did generate some complaints from users who didn't have the latest version. I suggest that PKARC is no different. -- Keith Petersen Arpa: W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA Uucp: {bellcore,decwrl,harvard,lll-crg,ucbvax,uw-beaver}!simtel20.arpa!w8sdz GEnie: W8SDZ