marty1@hounx.ATT.COM (M.B.BRILLIANT) (03/29/89)
From article <18921@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>, by bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante): > In the midst of the renewed arc/pk wars, has anyone else tried the lharc > program that went out over c.b.i.p. recently? I've tried it casually on a > few sets of files, and it has *always* produced the smallest archive, > generally by a significant amount. Yes, I tried it once. I don't remember the figures, but it gave clearly more compression than any other archiver. I didn't just rely on reported compression ratio - I compared file sizes. > (..... Running times similar.) ..... That's not what I saw. Lharc ran noticeably slower than Zip. I figure that's part of how you pay for what you get. > .... If ONLY the referenced > documentation file were included! and if only there were a statement that lharc is, or is not, free to be used without payment. The help screen only says you can distribute and copy it without payment. I suspect that a shareware license agreement may also have been left out of the package. M. B. Brilliant Marty AT&T-BL HO 3D-520 (201) 949-1858 Holmdel, NJ 07733 att!homxc!marty Disclaimer: Opinions stated herein are mine unless and until my employer explicitly claims them; then I lose all rights to them.