Linear OA(8⁹⁶, 253, F₈, 45) (dual of [253, 157, 46]-code), using 156 step VarÅ¡amov–Edel lengthening with (r_i) = (7, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 4 times 0, 1, 4 times 0, 1, 4 times 0, 1, 5 times 0, 1, 5 times 0, 1, 5 times 0, 1, 6 times 0, 1, 6 times 0, 1, 6 times 0, 1, 7 times 0, 1, 7 times 0, 1, 8 times 0, 1, 8 times 0, 1, 9 times 0) based on linear OA(8⁴⁵, 46, F₈, 45) (dual of [46, 1, 46]-code or 46-arc in PG(44,8)), using

• dual of repetition code with length 46 [i]