I just had a look at ZLibWriteStream. This class is really cryptic. Deep knowledge about the zip format is needed. Maybe something like: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ZLib is a data compression algorithm. According to Wikipedia, "this algorithm provides good compression on a wide variety of data with minimal use of system resources." The class can be used that way: | writer | writer := ZLibWriteStream on: String new. writer nextPutAll: 'Hello World'. writer close. writer encodedStream contents -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Alexandre On 11 Jan 2012, at 10:14, sean@clipperadams.com wrote:

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Today: ZLibWriteStream

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