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@@ -94,12 +94,14 @@ Note that \fBalf\fP is a complete reverse\-engineered rewrite in C, \fInot\fP a port of the original 6502 code as \fBunalf\fP is. It\(aqs still being tested, and may still contain bugs. .sp -Performance is \fIhorrible\fP, O(n^2) or worse. This shouldn\(aqt be a real -problem on modern multi\-GHz CPU, especially since most Atari 8\-bit -files are small (usually under 64KB). Compressing a 1.3MB text file -takes 5 seconds on the author\(aqs (rather modest) Intel i7 workstation. -A 50KB file takes 0.2 seconds, which is more typical of the files -you\(aqd actually use this with. +Performance is \fIhorrible\fP\&. This shouldn\(aqt be a real problem on modern +multi\-GHz CPU, especially since most Atari 8\-bit files are small +(usually under 64KB). Interestingly, it\(aqs not O(n^2), it scales +linearly, O(1): Compressing a 1.3MB text file takes 5 seconds on the +author\(aqs (rather modest) Intel i7 workstation, and a file 10x as large +takes approximately 10x as long (50 seconds). A 50KB file takes 0.2 +seconds, which is more typical of the files you\(aqd actually use this +with. .sp The date/time stamps stored in the archive are the \fBmtime\fPs of the files (which is the same time \fBls\fP(1) shows, by default), and |