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            CCM 1.30a - Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Christian Martelock
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CCM is a general purpose, symmetric  file compressor  with strong compression.
It implements a fast and quite simple context mixing algorithm.  Additionally,
it employs some data filters. CCM is freeware - USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK! There
are two different versions:

1) CCM  - normal compression
2) CCMx - extra  compression

CCM is an experimental compressor. That means CCM is NOT compatible with CCMx.
Further,  both versions are  NOT  backwards compatible. You can report bugs or
send feedback to:                                christian.martelock(at)web.de

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 Usage examples
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Compression:
    ccm   1.dat 1.ccm               (default compression)
    ccm 0 1.dat 1.ccm               (select model size 0)
    ccm : :                         (use stdin as input and stdout as output)
    ...
Decompression:
    ccm d 1.ccm 1.dat
    ccm d : :                       (use stdin as input and stdout as output)
    ccm d 1.ccm :                   (decompress 1.ccm to stdout)
    ...

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 What's new?
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1.30
-optimized mixer code & match model
-heavily reduced size of internal data structures
-removed linux version
-> 1.30 is 10-20% faster than 1.21

1.30a
-compatible with 1.30
-changed compiler options
-linux binaries (GCC 3.4.6 and 4.1.2)
-> more speed on opterons

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 Thanks
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I say  "thank you"  to all the people who helped me with their testing, ideas, 
comments and feedback during the development of CCM.  Especially the following 
people:  Stephan Busch, Werner Bergmans, Matt Mahoney, Encode, Nania Francesco 
Antonio, Johan De Bock, LovePimple, BlackFox, Hahobas, Squxe, Bulat Ziganshin, 
... I hope I have not forgotten anyone. ;)

