> now that is a mouthful, -z is a better way.

"-z" might be a better way if your world is as small as GNU/Linux.

But if you need your archiver and compressor to work reliably across a 
multitude of systems, such as BSD, HP-UX, IRIX, AIX and Solaris, to name a few, 
"-z" will terribly fail.

On the other hand, the "mouthful" comes from understading the principles of 
portability, something that the GNU world has yet to reach.
 
 
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