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authorMax Miorim <miorimmax@gmail.com>2010-10-24 22:30:00 -0400
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+pigz, which stands for parallel implementation of gzip, is a fully
+functional replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and
+multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data. pigz was written by
+Mark Adler, and uses the zlib and pthread libraries.