#: 14961 S1/General Interest
    12-Apr-92  22:38:17
Sb: #14914-New AR Developments
Fm: Carl Kreider 71076,76
To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)

Exactly.  I strongly suspect that at this point it is best to leave ar doing
what ar does best.  If you want better compression, compress (or lharc) the ar
file.