Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:44:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Daniel Reed <djr AT narnia DOT n DOT ml DOT org>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: (fwd) Compression
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On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, DJ Delorie wrote:
) > if say, a not-so-common compression scheme is used, people will
) ... not be able to unpack it if their os isn't supported by the
) unpacking program.
..., which is why you use self-extracting archives, where the binary format
used is that of the platform the archive is targetted for (which might help
prevent people from downloading DOS-centric packages for their Linux boxes,
etc.).

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Daniel Reed <n AT ml DOT org>
When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.