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by 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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One thing it has built in that other algorithms don't is optional redundancy so it can recover data from a damaged archive
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.