Gzip uses Lempel-Ziv encoding.

Keith Ahern ([email protected])
Tue, 23 May 1995 12:34:42 +0100

I noticed that gzip uses the Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77) scheme, Im not
sure but is this the same coding scheme that caused that stupid GIF
castastrophe?

might be something to be concerned about, I dont want Unisys knocking
on my door because my server compresses .wrl files with gzip or gzip
code.

Is it the same compression algorithm?

Keith Ahern
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