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Micro LZMA decoder (x86 assembly code golf)

Shown by jpegqs on Jun 6, 2022. Click the card to turn it over.

56points

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#914of 2,570 in 2022

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How does it compare to UPX's decoder?
From 1 comment
- I wonder how this compares to the one in UPX.
  abainbridge on HN

UPX LZMA stub
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- I wonder how this compares to the one in UPX.
  abainbridge on HN
- I looked at the latest version of UPX, they began to use LZMA, if this is considered an LZMA decoder: https://github.com/upx/upx/blob/devel/src/stub/src/arch/amd64/lzma_d_cn.S…
  jpegqs on HN
Crinkler
From 1 comment
- Crinkler [1] is a popular compressor-linker for 1--8 KB demos and its decompressor (partially overlapping with a PE header) is probably around 1--200 bytes. Later efforts like…
  lifthrasiir on HN
Roadroller
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- Crinkler [1] is a popular compressor-linker for 1--8 KB demos and its decompressor (partially overlapping with a PE header) is probably around 1--200 bytes. Later efforts like…
  lifthrasiir on HN
RegPack
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- I love these tiny decoders, even if their use cases are limited. To me this is as much art as it is programming. For Javascript I ran into these two recently: Tiny LZW(ish)…
  jansan on HN