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So... it's actually a reasonable objection over bzip2? I mean, you explained why it does not work with bzip2. I think their argument is sound and it makes usin

by prerok 7mo ago

So... it's actually a reasonable objection over bzip2? I mean, you explained why it does not work with bzip2. I think their argument is sound and it makes using bzip2 less useful in certain situations. I was once saved in resolving a problem we had when I figured out that concatening gzipped files just works out of the box. If not, it would have meant a bit more code, lots of additional testing, etc.

saidnooneever 7mo ago
totally agree with the statement though i feel its not an objection over bzip 2 rather than how it was implemented in programs that apply it. but i'm not really 100% since admittedly i did not personally reverse engineer bzip capable programs to see the current state of afairs. I am simply going by descriptions posted in comments and general system knowlesge. how to compress data has little to no relation to how this compression can be implemented in programs. How its implemented, will reflect on how the quality of the algorithm is perceived, becaus e the two are not seperate from a user perspective.