Hi Jim,

"Jim Lux" wrote in message
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Actually, state of the art is probably Low Density Parity Check (LDPC)
codes, as far as approaching the limit.

I hadn't heard of them; thanks for the link. Can you comment on how they
compare to Reed-Solomon codes?

I have just enough background in error-correcting codes to spout off the right
keywords in nearly-coherent Usenet posts and wait for people to point out my
errors. :-)

---Joel