mIRC 6.1 added two new identifiers - $compress() and $decompress(), but not many details were given.

What compression algorithm is used for these?
LZW (unlikely, patented by Unisys)?
BZIP2 (unlikely, as it prefers really large files)?
Deflate (i.e. zlib)?


* Quietust, QMT Productions
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