[SOLVED] How does the Quick File Compare works?

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[SOLVED] How does the Quick File Compare works?

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I'm curious to know how does the Quick File Compare (for instance, Ctrl+K) works? It seems to be checking the file size before checking the content. Then how is the content of both files compared? MD5 hashes?
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Re: How does the Quick File Compare works?

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Byte by byte.
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Re: How does the Quick File Compare works?

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Thanks!
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