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 ## ORC File Library
 
-This project includes both a Java library and a C++ library for reading and writing the _Optimized Row Columnar_ (ORC) file format. The C++ and Java libraries are completely independent of each other and will each read all versions of ORC files. But the C++ library only writes the original (Hive 0.11) version of ORC files, and will be extended in the future.
+This project includes both a Java library and a C++ library for reading and writing the _Optimized Row Columnar_ (ORC) file format. The C++ and Java libraries are completely independent of each other and will each read all versions of ORC files.
 
 Releases:
 * Latest: <a href="http://orc.apache.org/releases">Apache ORC releases</a>