text: /**
   * An abstraction for slicing an arraybuffer even when
   * ArrayBuffer.prototype.slice is not supported
   *
   * @api public
   */
  
  module.exports = function(arraybuffer, start, end) {
    var bytes = arraybuffer.byteLength;
    start = start || 0;
    end = end || bytes;
  
    if (arraybuffer.slice) { return arraybuffer.slice(start, end); }
  
    if (start < 0) { start += bytes; }
    if (end < 0) { end += bytes; }
    if (end > bytes) { end = bytes; }
  
    if (start >= bytes || start >= end || bytes === 0) {
      return new ArrayBuffer(0);
    }
  
    var abv = new Uint8Array(arraybuffer);
    var result = new Uint8Array(end - start);
    for (var i = start, ii = 0; i < end; i++, ii++) {
      result[ii] = abv[i];
    }
    return result.buffer;
  };
  