# HG changeset patch
# User websnarf <github@azillionmonkeys.com>
# Date 1418042623 28800
#      Mon Dec 08 04:43:43 2014 -0800
# Node ID 73508cfbc0967ebf0a9cc913ba8716ebae1575c0
# Parent  a1bf05a7e127bdefd9eb1d49af02586941ad2b75
Create README.md

Just a copy of the old home page.

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+The Better String Library
+
+The Better String Library is an abstraction of a string data type which is superior to the C library char buffer
+string type, or C++'s std::string. Among the features achieved are:
+
+    Substantial mitigation of buffer overflow/overrun problems and other failures that result from erroneous usage 
+    of the common C string library functions
+
+    Significantly simplified string manipulation
+    
+    High performance interoperability with other source/libraries which expect '\0' terminated char buffers
+    
+    Improved overall performance of common string operations
+    
+    Functional equivalency with other more modern languages
+
+The library is totally stand alone, portable (known to work with gcc/g++, MSVC++, Intel C++, WATCOM C/C++, Turbo C, 
+Borland C++, IBM's native CC compiler on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X), high performance, easy to use and is not part 
+of some other collection of data structures. Even the file I/O functions are totally abstracted (so that other 
+stream-like mechanisms, like sockets, can be used.) Nevertheless, it is adequate as a complete replacement of the C 
+string library for string manipulation in any C program.
+
+The library includes a robust C++ wrapper that uses overloaded operators, rich constructors, exceptions, stream I/O 
+and STL to make the CBString struct a natural and powerful string abstraction with more functionality and higher 
+performance than std::string.
+
+Bstrlib is stable, well tested and suitable for any software production environment.