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@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ message processing system <filters>`, and a wide variety of other
features. A third party open source implementation of `SSHv2
<http://www.netsieben.com/products/ssh/>`_ that uses botan is also
available. In addition to C++ you can use botan from :doc:`Python
-<python>` or Perl, though the current bindings only wrap portions of
-the library.
+<python>` or `Node.js <https://github.com/justinfreitag/node-botan>`_
+or Perl, though the current bindings only wrap portions of the
+library.
See the :doc:`faq` for a list of common questions and answers.
@@ -19,13 +20,14 @@ See the :doc:`faq` for a list of common questions and answers.
See :doc:`download` for information about getting the latest version.
-The core of botan is written in C++98 with no dependencies besides the
-STL and the rest of the ISO standard library, but the library also
-includes optional modules which make further assumptions about their
-environment, providing features such as compression (using zlib or
-bzip2), entropy gathering, and secure memory allocation. Assembly
-implementations of key algorithms like SHA-1 and multiple precision
-integer routines for x86 and x86-64 processors are also included.
+The core of botan is written in C++11 (or C++98 for versions up to and
+including 1.10) with no dependencies besides the STL and the rest of
+the ISO standard library, but the library also includes optional
+modules which make further assumptions about their environment,
+providing features such as compression (using zlib or bzip2), entropy
+gathering, and secure memory allocation. Assembly implementations of
+key algorithms like SHA-1 and multiple precision integer routines for
+x86 and x86-64 processors are also included.
It runs on most common operating systems and can be used with a number
of different commercial and open source compilers. The :doc:`build log
@@ -58,10 +60,10 @@ history.
If you need help or have questions, send a mail to the `development
mailing list
<http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/botan-devel/>`_.
-"Philosophical" bug reports, announcements of programs using the
-library, and related topics are also welcome. :doc:`Commercial support
-options <support>` are also available. If you find what you believe to
-be a bug, please file a ticket in `Bugzilla
+Patches, "philosophical" bug reports, announcements of programs using
+the library, and related topics are also welcome. :doc:`Commercial
+support options <support>` are also available. If you find what you
+believe to be a bug, please file a ticket in `Bugzilla
<http://bugs.randombit.net/>`_.
A useful reference while reading this manual is the `Doxygen