explicit specializations) and so it knows which base classes to look into
in an attempt to find a function with the name `f`.
-### Does deal.II use features of C++2011 (formerly known as C++0x or C++1x)?
+### Does deal.II use features of C++11 (formerly known as C++0x or C++1x)?
We strive to keep deal.II compatible with the previous C++ standard, C++98,
to make sure that deal.II can be built by all widely available compilers on
current and recent operating systems. This typically prevents the use of
-new language features until some five years after compilers first implement
-them reliably.
-
-That said, deal.II does use some elements of C++2011 that have been added
-to the C++ standard library. Specifically, this includes the
-`std::shared_ptr, std::function, std::bind, std::array, std::tuple` and
-`std::thread` facilities. We can do that because we can fall back to the
-implementation of these features available through the BOOST library
-whenever a compiler does not provide them. To this end, deal.II has a
-namespace `dealii::std_cxx1x` into which we either import a name such as
-`std::shared_ptr` through a `using` statement if the compiler provides it,
-or otherwise import the name `boost::shared_ptr`. Since the BOOST classes
-have in almost all instances the exact same interface as the standard
-classes, the use of a name such as `std_cxx1x::shared_ptr` transparently
-provides the necessary functionality in deal.II and user codes.
+new language features. That said, we occasionally use things from C++11 for which we have backup solutions for compilers that do not provide them.
+
+The deal.II documentation has a page dedicated to the issue of what parts of C++11 we use and how this works: at http://dealii.org/developer/doxygen/deal.II/group__CPP11.html .
### Can I convert Triangulation cell iterators to DoFHandler cell iterators?
Certainly. People with numerical skills are a sought commodity, both in
academia and in businesses. In the US, the National Labs are also hiring
-lots of people in this field.
+lots of people in this field.
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