Re: request for review: lbzip2

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

ERSEK Laszlo <lacos@caesar.elte.hu> writes:

> On Wed, 7 Oct 2009, Ben Finney wrote:
> >    lbzip2 is a multi-threaded implementation of bzip2, suited for
> >    synchronous and parallel processing. On a multi-core computer,
> >    lbzip2 is commonly the fastest bzip2 decompressor for most bz2 files
> >    found on the internet. (On dual-core computers, the 7za utility from
> >    the p7zip-full package may prove more efficient.)
>
> s/synchronous/serial/? I don't understand synchronous processing in
> this context; please explain.

Whoops, you are right, I meant “serial and parallel processing”.

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