6cy: High-Performance Streaming Container Format with Rust Reference Implementation
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Summary
6cy is a high-performance, streaming-first binary archive format with a reference implementation in Rust. The format is built around five hard guarantees and features per-block codec polymorphism and robust data recoverability. The article presents benchmark results comparing 6cy (LZMA) against 7-Zip (LZMA2 level 1) using a synthetic binary file, showing performance metrics. The v1.0.0 release contains no changes to the core codec, I/O, or compression pipeline, making previous benchmark results representative.
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High-performance, streaming-first container format with per-block codec polymorphism and robust data recoverability
v1.0.0 contains no changes to the core codec, I/O, or compression pipeline, so these figures remain representative
Reference implementation in Rust
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