- gzip of course, I tested both java's implementation and the one included in Linux (through System.exec)
- bzip2, the more heavy-weight player
- deflate, the algoithm used by zip
- pk200, a seemingly java-specific algorithm
- xz, the algorithm behind 7zip
Monday, 3 December 2012
compression - size vs speed
This is a small comparison of compression algorithms for the JVM:
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Strange, pack200 acts like java gzip in random file, but a much slower in plain text case - but produces smaller output.
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