>Of course, the original poster was advocating gzipping DSK files, which I took >to mean doing that either via the command line, or by a system() call (or >exec() >or whatever) to the external program. No one mentioned zlib at that point which >was why I advocated having a compression method within the program itself.
Ah... sorry. My posting said that it would be better to use zlib. I didn't actually bother to explain what it was though. :-( I sort of assumed that you knew as much as me, and that the idea of modifying code from gzip or using zlib would be obvious... I thought that you were against using gz files because you were suggesting writing something completely new, even after I had mentioned zlib. >At the time I didn't know about zlib, having only worked with >compression libraries you had to pay for. As it turned out, I wasn't >being unreasonable at all about asking for fewer exteral programs for >SimCoupe to be reliant on. There's nothing wrong with wanting that, but I don't remember saying that there was. I just assumed that you'd have typed zlib and gzip into a search engine, though... >PS. It might be an idea if you read all the messages in a thread before you >respond, and that you take time to understand where I'm coming from. Maybe you'd like to read some documentation before dismissing ideas. You seemed to be suggesting that no windows programs could read gz... Maybe if you say "I think..." you'll get a nicer response. :-) >PPS. Don't you ever get tired of needlessly pointing out the obvious and >talking >down to me? And for goodness sake stop being pedantic about my usage of the >term >PC. You knew what I meant. I knew what I meant. Everyone knew what I meant. Or >did you not know that there's also a DOS and Windows version of SimCoupe? Ok -- point taken... You are taking it a bit too seriously, though. -- Stuart Brady
