zlib

Short:        Data compression library V1.1.3
Author:       mlelstv@serpens.swb.de
Uploader:     mlelstv serpens swb de
Type:         util/libs
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

This is a port of the standard "zlib 1.1.3" library created
by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler. zlib uses an algorithm
similar to the one used in the popular gzip program.

It has been partially converted into an AmigaOS shared library
except for some convenience functions that sit on top of
the stdio library. These functions are kept in a linker
library compatible with the SAS/C compiler. Programs that
require zlib can simply link against the linker library.

Except for some changes required for the shared library the
only other change is an 68k assembler version of the longest_match
routine which is the heart of the compressor. As a result this
library reaches about 90% the speed of the gzip program. The
remaining speed difference comes from the SAS/C compiler used
(compared to GNU C for gzip).