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Isn't this a tar file?



That's what I was thinking too. It looks like someone just reinvented tar, and given how it's a JavaScript thing I'm wondering if it's a zoomer who didn't know tar existed and the HN crowd would set them straight. But then I come into the comments here and people are posting about how absolutely brilliant it is, so surely I'm missing something… right?


> someone just reinvented tar

Or "shell archives", .shar files - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shar - they used to be kicked around in comp.sources.




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