Talk:Prefix code

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Is UTF8 a prefix code in use today? If so, I think it should be included. 71.158.69.195 22:27, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comma-Free Codes

Comma-Free codes are not the same thing as prefix codes. Any set with 11 (or any code word comprised of only one bit for that matter) cannot be a comma-free code. This is shown in "Comma-Free Codes" by Golomb, Gordon and Welch in the Canadian Journal of Mathematics vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 202-209 (1958).

What definition of "comma" does Golomb use in that paper? --68.0.124.33 (talk) 14:21, 14 April 2008 (UTC)