Faster zlib alternatives

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Published on 2010-07-16T01:04:29Z Indexed on 2012/11/03 11:05 UTC
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I wonder, if there are any faster builds of zlib around with more advanced optimizations?

If it's possible to optimize it using SSE instructions or Intel C++ compiller, or some trick which were patented earlier (I know patents were a serious limitation during gzip/zlib development), have anyone bothered to implement that?

I am especially interested in compression speed, which have a direct impact on high-performance web-services serving static & dynamic content.

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