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This package contains C procedures for limited Galois Field
arithmetic and Reed-Solomon coding.

Reed-Solomon coding is the error correction coding used in diverse
fields from CDs, DVDs and DAT tapes, to the communications used by
NASA for such missions as Voyager, Voyager II and Cassini Huygens.