clarification please

[Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@yahoo.com>]

Hello,

I have a question.
The draft says:
  - the CRC register is initialized with all 1s (equivalent
     to complementing the first 32 bits of the message) 

Those two are NOT equivalent, e.g. if the message started
with 32 1's then complementing will yield 32 0's, and this
is not like ``initializing'' the CRC with 32 1's?

Does this mean that the first 32 most significant bits
of the message are complemented, or does it mean
that the message is _prefixed_ with 32 1's and then the
division starts?

If it means prefixing, could you please use that word,
as is customary in computer science literature... and to
diminish ambiguities...

-- 
Luben



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