BALZ v1.09 is here!

[encode]

OK, as I promised, here is a new release. Actually, new BALZ has the same CM counters as the previous version - I've found that ones are the best so far. However, I've made some small improvements at mixing stage - so you may expect tiny compression gain at small files. Also, I've made many optimizations and code changes. This version is kind of a final - since I will NOT further reduce decompression speed in favor to compression. I think new BALZ is quite a dandy with its nice performance...

So anyways, check this out:
http://encode.su/balz/index.htm

[LovePimple]

Thanks Ilia!

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[Matt Mahoney]

Not a huge change
http://cs.fit.edu/~mmahoney/compression/text.html#2295

[Shelwien]

http://shelwien.googlepages.com/balz109.htm
Slightly better and faster compression, slower decompression.
Seems like one more step to PPM

[encode]

OK, thank you all!