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Subject: RE: RE: Hamming code (or other) for 4-bit correction?
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Date: 25 Mar 91 01:08:19 GMT
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Ray something-or-another writes:
>I am trying to understand how to create error detection and
>correction codes so that I can devise my own given a variety of
>circumstances.

Oh, you wanted to know how hamming codes are devised?  Why didn't you
say so in the first place?  And why wasn't the first place
comp.theory?  I'll post a real follow-up there.

Raul Rockwell