GZipStream decompression performance is poor

Question

I have a .NET 2.0 WinForms app that connects to a backend WAS server. I am using GZipStream to decode data coming back from a HttpWebRequest call made to the server. The d

Answer 1

I'll drop my three cents to the subject, just to notify C#-users that a 7Zip seems to expose its API in plain C#. I think you all know the 7Zip tool quite well, and at least for me, regardless of how well- or ill- designed its API is --- knowing that is a big help in terms of better performance of handling ZIP files/streams.

ref: http://www.splinter.com.au/compressing-using-the-7zip-lzma-algorithm-in/