zlib performance

[yawniek via Digitalmars-d-learn]

hi,

unpacking files is kinda slow, probably i'm doing something wrong.

below code is about half the speed of gnu zcat on my os x machine.
why?

why do i need to .dup the buffer?
can i get rid of the casts?


the chunk size has only a marginal influence.
https://github.com/yannick/zcatd

import
   std.zlib,
   std.file,
   std.stdio;

void main(string[] args)
{
   auto f = File(args[1], "r");
   auto uncompressor = new UnCompress(HeaderFormat.gzip);

   foreach (ubyte[] buffer; f.byChunk(4096))
   {
           auto uncompressed = cast(immutable(string)) 
uncompressor.uncompress(buffer.dup);
           write(uncompressed);
   }
}