Difference: LZ77 vs. LZ4 vs. LZ4HC (compression algorithms)?
LZ4 is built to compress fast, at hundreds of MB/s per core. It’s a fit for applications where you want compression that’s very cheap: for example, you’re trying to make a network or on-disk format more compact but can’t afford to spend a bunch of CPU time on compression. It’s in a family with, for … Read more