| BZ2 is a compression engine completely compatible with the original BZ from Mika Heiskanen and its evolution BZ49. BZ2 compress more and faster than its predecessor, while achieving full compatibility. BZ2 typically compresses 40-100% faster than BZ and decompresses ~50% faster, while at the same time seeing the same or better compression. It also uses less memory. Multiple versions are included, including one optimized for speed while achieving the same compression ratio as BZ, and another optimized for compression, while still performing better than BZ. |