I use Maple to construct the binary code for a Reed Solomon RS(n,k). I use the construction from this website, omitting all the steps after the construction. http://www.mapleprimes.com/blog/dcasimir/reed-solomon-error-correcting-code . So, basically, i get a code for RS(2^n - 1, t) code. I pre-assume, i got that from RS(n,k) and 2t=n-k, with a primitive polynomial of degree n. Now, i know, Reed Solomon has this wonderful property of Minimum Distance Seperable, i.e d=n-k+1. And , could be represented as an(n, k, d) linear code over F=GF(q)? And [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0] was the code for RS(15,2) where 15= 2^n - 1, t =2 as generated from the Maple input from the link above. I want to see the MDS property from the result. And yes, i am a newbie and with lots going around , i am pretty confused. Thanks for the help.