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+crc32
+-----
+
+A [crc32][crc] calculator written in C and licensed under GPLv3.
+
+[crc]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_redundancy_check "cycle redundancy check on wikipedia"
+
+Compilation
+===========
+
+	gcc -ansi -pedantic -Wall -Werror -O3 main.c -o crc32
+
+or for Visual Studio users
+
+	cl /O2 /Ot /W2 /WX /Fecrc32 main.c
+
+Help
+====
+
+
+
+Notes
+=====
+
+*	Defaults to comply to IEEE-802.3 specs.
+*	Big endian calculations may not be accurate. I'll look into this.