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 #### In a nutshell.
 
-You can think of it as a complete replacement to both Express.js and Socket.IO. There are tons of [examples](examples) but here's the gist of it all:
+Think of it as a complete replacement to both Express.js and Socket.IO, written entirely in C/C++ for maximum performance and reliability. There are tons of [examples](examples) but here's the gist of it all:
 
 ```javascript
 /* Non-SSL is simply App() */