Reed Solomon codes?

Question

Algorithms

I want to implement Reed Solomon's algorithm. This will be my first algorithm implemented by myself. What would you recommend for a successful implementation? (I mean, go through some mathematical topic in order to better understand it, or for example, if there were a lot of operations with prime numbers, then prepare a table of these numbers in advance - well, something like that) i.e. something to simplify the implementation
I have not yet got acquainted with the algorithm, I would just like to ask what should I pay special attention to.
And language matters only in speed? Well, in particular C# or C++, is there a big difference for the implementation?

Answer 1

There is a good article on Wikiversity in English, with diving into Galois fields and a listing in Python.

Answer 2

https://github.com/TanukiSharp/ReedSolomon
Everything has already been implemented :)