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DESCRIPTION |
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LZF is an extremely fast (not that much slower than a pure memcpy) |
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compression algorithm. It is ideal for applications where you want to |
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save *some* space but not at the cost of speed. It is ideal for |
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repetitive data as well. The module is self-contained and very small. |
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It's written in ISO-C with no external dependencies other than what |
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C provides and can easily be #include'd into your code, no makefile |
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changes or library builds requires. |
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A C♯ implementation without external dependencies is available, too. |
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I do not know for certain wether any patents in any countries apply |
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to this algorithm, but at the moment it is believed that it is free |
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from any patents. More importantly, it is also free to use in every |
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software package (see LICENSE). |
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See the lzf.h file for details on how the functions in this |
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mini-library are to be used. |
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NOTE: This package contains a very bare-bones command-line utility |
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which is neither optimized for speed nor for compression. This library |
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is really intented to be used inside larger programs. |
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AUTHOR |
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This library was written by Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> (See also |
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http://liblzf.plan9.de/). |
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