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Re:Pigz: Parallel gzip for modern multi-processor, multi-cor... by elteto on Friday May 12, 2023 @10:06AM (#35916544)
For some reason, bzip compresses text incredibly well. And it has for years, I remember noticing this almost 20 years ago.
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Re:Pigz: Parallel gzip for modern multi-processor, multi-cor... by tehjoker on Friday May 12, 2023 @12:01PM (#35918060)
It uses the Burrows-Wheeler transform to place similar strings next to each other before using other compression tricks, so it usually does a bit better.
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