Re: Obvious bull
Right. Because you couldn't have possibly included (de)compression code for both algorithms in all versions of the OS, and you couldn't have possibly used an extra bit or byte in the volume descriptor or in the directory entries of files to signal which particular method was used to compress them.
Yes, that must be why I can't use Zip or Rar files on a different PC than the one that created them.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
