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Well, you're right, but off the top of my head, rar isn't available for linux and the DynaZIP un/compression routines are not available as a library. Someone correct me on this if I'm wrong (DesPlesda? ewe2?).
Now, zlib is the library that powers the gzip files, bzlib is the library derived from zlib that powers the bzip2 files, and tar is a whole nother story. The three, .gz, .bz2, and .tar are three completely different formats. Tar was the first to come along (just look at the name: Tape ARchive), and was used to make backing up files to tape much easier. Now, the only thing tar is used for is an intermediary between a compression program: the ability to include more than one file in an archive (as .bz2 and .gz only support compression of one file). Now, tar sucked mainly for one reason: depending on what you were "compressing", the total size (c|w)ould INCREASE! Therefore, .gz was developed to compress that, and .bz2 as an even better alternative.
So, I'm suggesting the use of zlib and bzlib since they are avalible on Winblows. In fact, the current TDP engine currenly ((Not sure if that was even a pun (It was intended, but it wasn't intended to suck (the pun, I mean).)) <-- Ooh, double parenthetical notation!) uses zlib (becuase it uses libpng, which uses zlib).
And, I think I could figure out that M*rr*w*nd was the same as Morrowind, but my question was more along the lines of, "Will somebody tell me why everyone hates/is afraid of/is indifferent to Morrowind?"
Now, zlib is the library that powers the gzip files, bzlib is the library derived from zlib that powers the bzip2 files, and tar is a whole nother story. The three, .gz, .bz2, and .tar are three completely different formats. Tar was the first to come along (just look at the name: Tape ARchive), and was used to make backing up files to tape much easier. Now, the only thing tar is used for is an intermediary between a compression program: the ability to include more than one file in an archive (as .bz2 and .gz only support compression of one file). Now, tar sucked mainly for one reason: depending on what you were "compressing", the total size (c|w)ould INCREASE! Therefore, .gz was developed to compress that, and .bz2 as an even better alternative.
So, I'm suggesting the use of zlib and bzlib since they are avalible on Winblows. In fact, the current TDP engine currenly ((Not sure if that was even a pun (It was intended, but it wasn't intended to suck (the pun, I mean).)) <-- Ooh, double parenthetical notation!) uses zlib (becuase it uses libpng, which uses zlib).
And, I think I could figure out that M*rr*w*nd was the same as Morrowind, but my question was more along the lines of, "Will somebody tell me why everyone hates/is afraid of/is indifferent to Morrowind?"
