Hello Raymond:
 > I never understood why people like ARJ so much..
  Different strokes, y'know.  ;-)
 > it's a very big EXE file,
  Hmmm.
ARJ      EXE    116260 06-04-93   9:19a
  1 file(s)     116260 bytes
PKUNZIP  EXE     28959 02-01-93   2:04a
PKZIP    EXE     42552 02-01-93   2:04a
PKZIPFIX EXE      7687 02-01-93   2:04a
ZIP2EXE  EXE     26851 02-01-93   2:04a
  4 file(s)     106049 bytes
RAR      EXE    104319 02-22-97  12:27a
UNRAR    EXE     32037 01-01-97   6:54p
  2 file(s)     136356 bytes
  Maybe not so enormous.  10,211 bytes larger than the PKWare utils.  Not a 
problem for many people.
 > the options can be found in most any other compression program,
  The more common options, certainly.
 > and actually the only cool thing about it is the multiple volumes...
  'Cool' ... yes, definitely.
 > but even at that, RAR is more fun...
  I don't use a compression utility because it's 'fun'.  My concerns are a 
bit larger than the entertainment value associated with the given compression 
and decompression util.
 > so if someone out there knows why ARJ is so famous (and why!) please reply
 > soon...
  Reliability, consistency, ease of use, respectable compression ratios, 
predictable response in unattended batch use, timely updates - basically the 
sort of perks one comes to associate with a software author we all know and 
respect.  Mr. Jung's work tends to speak rather eloquently for itself.
  If you like RAR, use it - we won't object.  Those of us who don't care for 
it have our reasons, virtually all of which are off-topic for this particular 
forum.  Likely enough they would be off-topic in any forum supporting RAR as 
well.
  To each his (her) own ... fair enough?  Pleasant day, Raymond.  :-)
Michael
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