Title:			CRUNCH
Author:			Bernard Jungen
Version:		1.00
Title From:		Documentation
Author From:		Documentation
Version From:		Documentation
Supplier:		Bernard Jungen
Date:			30/08/93
Keywords:		
Shareware:		No
Machine:		Archimedes
Operating system:	RISCOS
Memory requirements:	
Peripherals needed:	
Other s/ware needed:	
Directory:		micros/arch/riscos/b/b102
Date mounted/updated:	10/10/93
File names:		b102.arc
Unarchived files:	5
Unarchived size:	23 Kbytes
Omissions:		
See also:		

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Acquiring the package:

Download the uuencoded file and extract using SparkPlug 2 (see the "tools_help"
file in arch/riscos/tools for further info).


Description:

This application is a multitasking utility to compress executables just as
Acorn's Squeeze does, but usually more efficiently when mixed data is involved.
The program also allows Relocatable Modules to be merged into a single
executable which can then be crunched.  Efficiency is usually better than
Acorn's Squeeze or any LZW algorithm when compressing mixed code/data files.
LZW can be a little bit better on pictures and Squeeze a little bit better
on ARM-code-only data.  Decompression speed is fast, although not as fast
as Squeeze.  NOTE: This is NOT an archiver! The files created are crunched
and stay crunched for ever!