For more detailed information and to get started with zlib 1.2.13, visit the official zlib website or refer to the documentation included with the zlib-1.2.13.tar.xz package.
For a small source archive like zlib, the difference is only ~170 KB, but for larger projects (e.g., the Linux kernel), .
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