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From: gwyn@brl-vgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
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Subject: Re: Error Detecting Codes
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Date: Sat, 31-Mar-84 01:12:54 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 31 01:12:54 1984
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That was very interesting.  You mean people really implement important
communication protocols with such lousy ECCs?  I thought everyone in
that corner of the business had at least read Hamming's book on the
subject.  Tsk, tsk.

Richard Lary told a funny story about the Chinese mathematician DEC
kept around and let out of the closet just long enough to design an
ECC for them whenever they needed one.  The Digital Storage Architecture
is supposed to have a phenomenally good ECC as a result.