Update documentation of prerequisites.

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diff --git a/doc/tutorial/ginac.texi b/doc/tutorial/ginac.texi
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--- a/doc/tutorial/ginac.texi
+++ b/doc/tutorial/ginac.texi
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ installation.
 
 In order to install GiNaC on your system, some prerequisites need to be
 met.  First of all, you need to have a C++-compiler adhering to the
-ANSI-standard @cite{ISO/IEC 14882:1998(E)}.  We used GCC for development
+ISO standard @cite{ISO/IEC 14882:2011(E)}.  We used GCC for development
 so if you have a different compiler you are on your own.  For the
 configuration to succeed you need a Posix compliant shell installed in
 @file{/bin/sh}, GNU @command{bash} is fine. The pkg-config utility is
@@ -6505,7 +6505,7 @@ to map input (sub)strings to arbitrary expressions:
     table["x"] = x+log(y)+1;
     parser reader(table);
     ex e = reader("5*x^3 - x^2");
-    // e = 5*(x+log(y)+1)^3 + (x+log(y)+1)^2
+    // e = 5*(x+log(y)+1)^3 - (x+log(y)+1)^2
 @}
 @end example
 
@@ -6518,8 +6518,8 @@ with @code{get_syms()} method:
     parser reader;
     ex e = reader("2*x+sin(y)");
     symtab table = reader.get_syms();
-    symbol x = reader["x"];
-    symbol y = reader["y"];
+    symbol x = ex_to<symbol>(table["x"]);
+    symbol y = ex_to<symbol>(table["y"]);
 @}
 @end example
 
@@ -8434,14 +8434,9 @@ fix bugs in a traditional system.
 multiple interfaces: Though real GiNaC programs have to be written in
 some editor, then be compiled, linked and executed, there are more ways
 to work with the GiNaC engine.  Many people want to play with
-expressions interactively, as in traditional CASs.  Currently, two such
-windows into GiNaC have been implemented and many more are possible: the
-tiny @command{ginsh} that is part of the distribution exposes GiNaC's
-types to a command line and second, as a more consistent approach, an
-interactive interface to the Cint C++ interpreter has been put together
-(called GiNaC-cint) that allows an interactive scripting interface
-consistent with the C++ language.  It is available from the usual GiNaC
-FTP-site.
+expressions interactively, as in traditional CASs: The tiny
+@command{ginsh} that comes with the distribution exposes many, but not
+all, of GiNaC's types to a command line.
 
 @item
 seamless integration: it is somewhere between difficult and impossible
@@ -8492,8 +8487,7 @@ really believe that you need to use a different compiler.  We have
 occasionally used other compilers and may be able to give you advice.}
 GiNaC uses recent language features like explicit constructors, mutable
 members, RTTI, @code{dynamic_cast}s and STL, so ANSI compliance is meant
-literally.  Recent GCC versions starting at 2.95.3, although itself not
-yet ANSI compliant, support all needed features.
+literally.
     
 @end itemize
 
@@ -8914,7 +8908,7 @@ $ make install
 @itemize @minus{}
 
 @item
-@cite{ISO/IEC 14882:1998: Programming Languages: C++}
+@cite{ISO/IEC 14882:2011: Programming Languages: C++}
 
 @item
 @cite{CLN: A Class Library for Numbers}, @email{haible@@ilog.fr, Bruno Haible}