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to: Bob Lawrence
from: Paul Edwards
date: 1996-09-17 08:32:52
subject: Public Domain Pascal

BL> I'm uploading my Pascal translation of your CRC routines to
BL> Special Requests as PASCRC.ZIP. It's Public Domain so you can do what
BL> you like with it.

Thanks, I've moved it to the PDOMAIN area.

BL> You did a terrific job, BTW. What a pity you write in such a crappy
BL> language. The Pascal version is much neater, smaller, and probably
BL> quicker.

First of all, I don't think "xor" is standard pascal, yet another
example of pascal being a completely inadequate language, you have to use
compiler extensions just to write CRC routines.

Secondly, why do you think it would be faster?  The only thing I can think
of is that you seem to have omitted the masking with 0xffff in case word
sizes are > 16 bits, ie you've tied the code down to a particular
platform.  That's not an advantage.  BFN.  Paul. 
@EOT:

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