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   7 @node Guile Scheme
   8 @section Guile's Implementation of Scheme
   9
  10 Guile's core language is Scheme, which is specified and described in the
  11 series of reports known as @dfn{RnRS}.  @dfn{RnRS} is shorthand for the
  12 @iftex
  13 @dfn{Revised$^n$ Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme}.
  14 @end iftex
  15 @ifnottex
  16 @dfn{Revised^n Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme}.
  17 @end ifnottex
  18 Guile complies fully with R5RS (@pxref{Top,
  19 ,Introduction,r5rs,R5RS}), and implements some aspects of R6RS.
  20
  21 Guile also has many extensions that go beyond these reports.  Some of
  22 the areas where Guile extends R5RS are:
  23
  24 @itemize @bullet
  25 @item
  26 Guile's interactive documentation system
  27
  28 @item
  29 Guile's support for POSIX-compliant network programming
  30
  31 @item
  32 GOOPS -- Guile's framework for object oriented programming.
  33 @end itemize
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