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Hi,

On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 02:02:05AM -0500, Andrew Brown wrote:
> >1) As Jonathan has pointed out, a Fletcher sum is probably better than
> >   an Adler sum for this purpose.  If you want an implementation, I'm
> >   sure he or I can send you one (or you can write one yourself in a
> >   couple of minutes, the Fletcher checksum is *really* simple).
>=20
> i dunno what FITS is, but this

Flexible Image Transport System. What Astronomers use to exchange picture
data calibrated to represent some physical (well, some measured) value and
be able to read it back in from tape at a different institution with differ=
ent
software. Sort of XDR-on-tape, just complete different.

Regards,
	-is

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