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Facebook's ZStandard compression library appears to be both faster and better at compressing than zlib. Is there any reason to continue using zlib for new proje
by fmela 10y ago
Facebook's ZStandard compression library appears to be both faster and better at compressing than zlib. Is there any reason to continue using zlib for new projects that don't need backward compatibility?
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- dguaraglia 10y agoHm, not really, unless you care about being able to read the data from anywhere else. Zlib, like any of the other "traditional" libraries out there, is supported pretty much everywhere and has bindings for every language you can think of. But that shouldn't drive your project.
- rockdoe 10y agoZstandard is patented and the patent license is meh.