[Freetel-codec2] Bit packing and error-correcting library

[Bruce R. <ve...@gm...>]

Hi, guys --

I've been thinking that one thing we should soon try to provide
ourselves with at least a version of c2 that runs at a proper 2500
bps. Looking around for a lazy man's solution, I came across this
library:
http://qccpack.sourceforge.net/

It does bit packing, but the documentation also says it provides:

Error-correcting codes

    * Field arithmetic, including Gaussian-elimination matrix inversion
    * Reed-Solomon encoding and decoding
    * CRC codes
    * Trellis codes
    * Hard and soft Viterbi decoding

Now the thing is that implementing this library's bit packing is
something of a long road, since the interface is not a great match to
ours. But I wonder if it would make sense for me to make this attempt
if it meant that we'd then get our hands quickly on some of this
error-correcting material.

73,

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