Dan Kohn <dan(_at_)dankohn(_dot_)com> wrote:
All true and useful background. But do you have a view on the subject?
I think zlib/deflate is technically more appropriate for a
transfer-coding than gzip/deflate, because the latter includes superfluous
meta-info (like original filename and operating system) and uses a more
expensive checksum.
gzip is generally available as a standalone program, which makes it easy
to whip up a quick-and-dirty implementation of gzip-8bit that involves
forking an external process.
zlib is generally available as a library, which is good for writing a
high-performance implementation of deflate-8bit inside the main program,
but not as easy as the quick-and-dirty implementation of gzip-8bit.
I don't think consideration of Content-MD5 adds any arguments on either
side.
AMC