Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 00:34:58 +0300 (EEST) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: bzip2(1) compression for manpages, Groff and Texinfo docs Message-ID: <20030508003413.V40030-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <20030507203018.GA48927@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
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On Wed, 7 May 2003, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > which is a quite significant difference. I picked the file because of size > > and not change of compression ratio, or check all the files (just in case > > there are any benchmarking paranoids around). On the speed side, the speed > > of bunzip2 only matters if the speed difference between it and gunzip were > > user perceptible on even not really up to date at all hardware, which is > > not the case AFAICT. > > Here you are wrong. On old hardware the difference in speed (and the > difference in memory needed) between bunzip2 and gunzip is quite > noticable. > So... how old hardware are you talking about? > > -- > <Insert your favourite quote here.> > Erik Trulsson > ertr1013@student.uu.se >
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