On 1 Apr 2002, at 1:31, Michael G Schwern wrote: > The concept of PAR just came up again (Perl ARchive, like a JAR) on > #perl. ...
> So the first step towards PAR is to have a small, efficient, > cross-platform, pure Perl decompression program. So here's the task > for FWP: > > Create a small (doesn't have to be golf), efficient, cross-platform > and pure Perl program to decompress the data attached via __DATA__. > The compression format is up to you. tgz, tbz, zip, cpio.. whatever. > Just as long as it compresses decently and decompresses without a lot > of effort. As another small 'twist', if in addition to everything else you did something akin yEncoding the __DATA__, then you'd have an email- able/usenet-postable archive format. /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <--
