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I've also noticed for some text documents (was it json? I don't remember) that bzip compresses significantly better than xz (and of course gzip/pigz). Not sure
by Aachen 4y ago
I've also noticed for some text documents (was it json? I don't remember) that bzip compresses significantly better than xz (and of course gzip/pigz). Not sure if I tested zstd with high/extreme settings at that time.
- elteto 4y agoFor some reason, bzip compresses text incredibly well. And it has for years, I remember noticing this almost 20 years ago.
- tehjoker 4y agoIt uses the Burrows-Wheeler transform to place similar strings next to each other before using other compression tricks, so it usually does a bit better.