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From: marty1@hounx.ATT.COM (M.B.BRILLIANT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: LHARC (was Re: Archive/Compression programs)
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Date: 28 Mar 89 16:02:17 GMT
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From article <18921@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>, by bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante):
> In the midst of the renewed arc/pk wars, has anyone else tried the lharc
> program that went out over c.b.i.p. recently?  I've tried it casually on a
> few sets of files, and it has *always* produced the smallest archive,
> generally by a significant amount.

Yes, I tried it once.  I don't remember the figures, but it gave
clearly more compression than any other archiver.  I didn't just rely
on reported compression ratio - I compared file sizes.

> (.....  Running times similar.)  .....

That's not what I saw.  Lharc ran noticeably slower than Zip.  I figure
that's part of how you pay for what you get.

> ....  If ONLY the referenced
> documentation file were included!

and if only there were a statement that lharc is, or is not, free to be
used without payment.  The help screen only says you can distribute and
copy it without payment.  I suspect that a shareware license agreement
may also have been left out of the package.

M. B. Brilliant					Marty
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