Short: very fast LZ77 xpk compression library
Type: util/pack
Uploader: roques@karlsruhe.gmd.de
Author: roques@juliet.ka.sub.org

    xpkFAST is an XPK compression sublibrary whose main purpose is to be
fast.  The most interesting part of FAST is its speedy compressor, which
makes it predestined for applications which compress about as often as they
decompress.  Good examples are: backup systems which make use of XPK to
support compressed backups or compressing filesystems.  FAST is a member of
the LZ77 family of datacompressors.  Other popular members are: xpkNUKE,
PowerPacker, Imploder and parts of LhA, [g]zip, zoo, shrink and freeze.

    Below are the xBench-marks for xpkFAST.  They were made on an A3000/25
with SCRAM, using the AmigaVision executable as data.  Note that memory
requirements in this table do not include xpkmaster.library's buffers.

Method	Mode	 Packing   Unpacking   Packing	 Unpacking   Compression
		 Memory     Memory	Speed	   Speed	Ratio
------ -------	 -------   ---------   -------	 ---------   -----------
FAST	0..79	   64K	      0K      428 K/s	 1055 K/s	32.7%
FAST   80..100	  272K	      0K       70 K/s	 1096 K/s	39.3%