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Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by xxs on Saturday August 30, 2025 @03:52AM (#45072756)
I'd take zstd any time while I have facebook and friends blocked. The world is not black and white.
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Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by atiedebee on Saturday August 30, 2025 @05:37AM (#45073288)
zstd can't really be attributed to Facebook. Yann Collet started work on it before joining Facebook, so it was kind of imported.

I am sure it made developing and standardizing the algorithm easier, but what makes it such a good (performant) algorithm is the design of the original creator.

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Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by formerly_proven on Saturday August 30, 2025 @06:20AM (#45073464)
On the other hand, the patent licensing kerfuffle (which I don't think was about any existing patents, just "standard policy") through the relicensing by Facebook was a drag on zstd's momentum.
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