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size times size times
uncomp uncomp
204800 206605
comp decomp comp decomp
compress (Gage) 116667 11.26s 0.59s 61505 17.90s 0.66s
compress (Sun) 129069 1.71s 0.93s 55835 0.92s 0.71s
gzip (Gnu) 89749 4.35s 0.55s 44923 2.71s 0.34s
results normalized to Gage == 1.000:
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size times size times
comp decomp comp decomp
compress (Gage) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
compress (Sun) 1.11 .151 1.58 .907 .051 1.07
gzip (Gnu) .769 .386 .932 .730 .151 .515