Comment on Dissecting the gzip format (2011)parentComments−lxgr1yPractically, compatibility matters too, and it's hard to beat gzip there.−lifthrasiir1yThe benefit from zstd is however so great that I even copied the zstd binary to some server I was managing but couldn't easily compile it from scratch. Seriously, bundling zstd binary is that worthy by now.−lxgr1yIf you can control both sides, definitely go for it!But in many cases, we unfortunately can't (gzip/Deflate is baked into tons of non-updateable hardware devices for example).
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Practically, compatibility matters too, and it's hard to beat gzip there.
The benefit from zstd is however so great that I even copied the zstd binary to some server I was managing but couldn't easily compile it from scratch. Seriously, bundling zstd binary is that worthy by now.
If you can control both sides, definitely go for it!
But in many cases, we unfortunately can't (gzip/Deflate is baked into tons of non-updateable hardware devices for example).