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p0w3n3d
40 days ago
First, isn't RAR compression algorithm proprietary somehow?
Second, why compress to RAR if you can compress to 7z?
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WithinReason
40 days ago
One thing it has built in that other algorithms don't is optional redundancy so it can recover data from a damaged archive
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p0w3n3d
40 days ago
wow, yeah I remember even using it (when moving files on floppy). I'm all for it then, however I wonder if this won't be sued down.
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