Warp wrote:
> Eero Ahonen <aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid> wrote:
>> I'm too lazy and tired to read it through, but even the slight look at
>> it tells me why bzip2 ain't "streaming" compression (ie. you'll need the
>> whole file to uncompress it, unlike with gzip).
> 
>   Incorrect. It compresses one block at a time, independently of the others.
> 

While reading more about bzip2, you're correct. It makes the block
required to be full to uncompress, but not the whole file. Also while
reading more about bzip2, it's freaking compicated format - at least at
first sight. But it makes sense after all - and works (which is what
counts).

-Aero

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