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Javascript Compression Library

         

adni18

4:33 pm on Jul 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Does anybody know of a library for javascript that can be used to compress/decompress text?

I am really looking for gzip, but any alternative that goes two-ways would be great. Thanks!

kaled

5:01 pm on Jul 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

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In theory, it might be possible to implement inflate (i.e. unzip) using javascript, however, it would be very slow indeed.

Precisely what do you want to do and why?

Kaled.

adni18

5:29 pm on Jul 26, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Well, there is a very, very large script that I would like to compress (even if it's just a tiny bit) for storage, then reinflate for execution.