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Zip isn't a binary data structure protocol though, it just provides a compression protocol. I'd argue that while zip is technically older than gzip (3 years, 89
by kortex 5y ago
Zip isn't a binary data structure protocol though, it just provides a compression protocol. I'd argue that while zip is technically older than gzip (3 years, 89 vs 92), it was proprietary for much of its history, and thus gz is an older "standard".
- 0xbadcafebee 5y agoNone of these are protocols. Zip is an archive format for files (including binaries), not a 'compression protocol'. It doesn't even have to use compression. As far as 'standards' go, literally nothing uses Gzip/DEFLATE outside of Linux machines and HTTP clients/servers. Gzip isn't even an archive format.