[Zlib-devel] Google's version of zlib code

[Nelson H. F. Beebe]

This story appeared yesterday:

	Google publishes Zopfli as open-source compression algorithm to speed up Web download
	Compression is about 100 times slower than conventional methods but compresses about 5% better, Google said
	http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9237264/Google_publishes_Zopfli_as_open_source_compression_algorithm_to_speed_up_Web_downloads

	https://code.google.com/p/zopfli/

It looks like they are hammering the CPU by 100x to get 5% to 8% better
compression, which is unlikely to be a problem for Google with its huge
CPU count.  The article claims:

>>  Zopfli is compatible with Zip, PNG, gzip and HTTP requests among others, ...

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