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+Educational Decoder
+===================
+
+`zstd_decompress.c` is a self-contained implementation in C99 of a decoder,
+according to the [Zstandard format specification].
+While it does not implement as many features as the reference decoder,
+such as the streaming API or content checksums, it is written to be easy to
+follow and understand, to help understand how the Zstandard format works.
+It's laid out to match the [format specification],
+so it can be used to understand how complex segments could be implemented.
+It also contains implementations of Huffman and FSE table decoding.
+
+[Zstandard format specification]: https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/dev/doc/zstd_compression_format.md
+[format specification]: https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/dev/doc/zstd_compression_format.md
+
+While the library's primary objective is code clarity,
+it also happens to compile into a small object file.
+The object file can be made even smaller by removing error messages,
+using the macro directive `ZDEC_NO_MESSAGE` at compilation time.
+This can be reduced even further by foregoing dictionary support,
+by defining `ZDEC_NO_DICTIONARY`.
+
+`harness.c` provides a simple test harness around the decoder:
+
+    harness <input-file> <output-file> [dictionary]
+
+As an additional resource to be used with this decoder,
+see the `decodecorpus` tool in the [tests] directory.
+It generates valid Zstandard frames that can be used to verify
+a Zstandard decoder implementation.
+Note that to use the tool to verify this decoder implementation,
+the --content-size flag should be set,
+as this decoder does not handle streaming decoding,
+and so it must know the decompressed size in advance.
+
+[tests]: https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/dev/tests/