doc/ref/scheme-intro.texi

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   8 @node Guile Scheme
   9 @chapter Guile's Implementation of Scheme
  10
  11 Guile's core language is Scheme, which is specified and described in the
  12 series of reports known as @dfn{RnRS}.  @dfn{RnRS} is shorthand for the
  13 @iftex
  14 @dfn{Revised$^n$ Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme}.
  15 @end iftex
  16 @ifnottex
  17 @dfn{Revised^n Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme}.
  18 @end ifnottex
  19 The current latest revision of RnRS is version 5
  20 (@pxref{Top,R5RS,,r5rs}), and Guile 1.4 is fully compliant with the
  21 Scheme specification in this revision.
  22
  23 But Guile, like most Scheme implementations, also goes beyond R5RS in
  24 many ways, because R5RS does not give specifications (or even
  25 recommendations) regarding many issues that are important in practical
  26 programming.  Some of the areas where Guile extends R5RS are:
  27
  28 @itemize @bullet
  29 @item
  30 Guile's interactive documentation system
  31
  32 @item
  33 Guile's support for POSIX-compliant network programming
  34
  35 @item
  36 GOOPS -- Guile's framework for object oriented programming.
  37 @end itemize
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