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@@ -2,18 +2,23 @@ LZ4 - Extremely fast compression ================================ LZ4 is lossless compression algorithm, -providing compression speed at 400 MB/s per core, +providing compression speed > 500 MB/s per core, scalable with multi-cores CPU. It features an extremely fast decoder, with speed in multiple GB/s per core, typically reaching RAM speed limits on multi-core systems. Speed can be tuned dynamically, selecting an "acceleration" factor -which trades compression ratio for more speed up. +which trades compression ratio for faster speed. On the other end, a high compression derivative, LZ4_HC, is also provided, trading CPU time for improved compression ratio. All versions feature the same decompression speed. +LZ4 is also compatible with [dictionary compression](https://github.com/facebook/zstd#the-case-for-small-data-compression), +and can ingest any input file as dictionary, +including those created by [Zstandard Dictionary Builder](https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/v1.3.5/programs/zstd.1.md#dictionary-builder). +(note: only the final 64KB are used). + LZ4 library is provided as open-source software using BSD 2-Clause license. @@ -67,8 +72,8 @@ in single-thread mode. [zlib]: http://www.zlib.net/ [Zstandard]: http://www.zstd.net/ -LZ4 is also compatible and well optimized for x32 mode, -for which it provides some additional speed performance. +LZ4 is also compatible and optimized for x32 mode, +for which it provides additional speed performance. Installation @@ -76,7 +81,7 @@ Installation ``` make -make install # this command may require root access +make install # this command may require root permissions ``` LZ4's `Makefile` supports standard [Makefile conventions], @@ -94,10 +99,10 @@ Documentation The raw LZ4 block compression format is detailed within [lz4_Block_format]. -To compress an arbitrarily long file or data stream, multiple blocks are required. -Organizing these blocks and providing a common header format to handle their content -is the purpose of the Frame format, defined into [lz4_Frame_format]. -Interoperable versions of LZ4 must respect this frame format. +Arbitrarily long files or data streams are compressed using multiple blocks, +for streaming requirements. These blocks are organized into a frame, +defined into [lz4_Frame_format]. +Interoperable versions of LZ4 must also respect the frame format. [lz4_Block_format]: doc/lz4_Block_format.md [lz4_Frame_format]: doc/lz4_Frame_format.md |