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Is this really true? Surely they should be able to decompress it with virtual memory - you tell them exactly where to look for each operation. On the other hand

Is this really true? Surely they should be able to decompress it with virtual memory - you tell them exactly where to look for each operation. On the other hand, it will take you much longer to compress the file if your lookback window is larger than your available memory.

jtvjan 6y ago
They're stream compressors, so they don't want to rely on being able to seek in the file. Even with swap, you'll have to cut it off somewhere; swap space isn't infinite.