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(What is Guile?): Add @acronym for POSIX, R5RS, GUI,

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and HTTP.  Conclude linking libguile.
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@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ Revised$^5$
@ifnottex @ifnottex
Revised^5 Revised^5
@end ifnottex @end ifnottex
Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme (usually known as R5RS), Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme (usually known as @acronym{R5RS}),
providing clean and general data and control structures. Guile goes providing clean and general data and control structures. Guile goes
beyond the rather austere language presented in R5RS, extending it with beyond the rather austere language presented in @acronym{R5RS}, extending it with
a module system, full access to POSIX system calls, networking support, a module system, full access to @acronym{POSIX} system calls, networking support,
multiple threads, dynamic linking, a foreign function call interface, multiple threads, dynamic linking, a foreign function call interface,
powerful string processing, and many other features needed for powerful string processing, and many other features needed for
programming in the real world. programming in the real world.
@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ user, evaluating them, and displaying the results, or as a script
interpreter, reading and executing Scheme code from a file. However, interpreter, reading and executing Scheme code from a file. However,
Guile is also packaged as an object library, allowing other applications Guile is also packaged as an object library, allowing other applications
to easily incorporate a complete Scheme interpreter. An application can to easily incorporate a complete Scheme interpreter. An application can
use Guile as an extension language, a clean and powerful configuration then use Guile as an extension language, a clean and powerful configuration
language, or as multi-purpose ``glue'', connecting primitives provided language, or as multi-purpose ``glue'', connecting primitives provided
by the application. It is easy to call Scheme code from C code and vice by the application. It is easy to call Scheme code from C code and vice
versa, giving the application designer full control of how and when to versa, giving the application designer full control of how and when to
@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ language tailored to the task at hand, but based on a robust language
design. design.
Guile's module system allows one to break up a large program into Guile's module system allows one to break up a large program into
manageable sections with well-defined interfaces between them. Modules manageable sections with well-defined interfaces between them.
may contain a mixture of interpreted and compiled code; Guile can use Modules may contain a mixture of interpreted and compiled code; Guile
either static or dynamic linking to incorporate compiled code. Modules can use either static or dynamic linking to incorporate compiled code.
also encourage developers to package up useful collections of routines Modules also encourage developers to package up useful collections of
for general distribution; as of this writing, one can find Emacs routines for general distribution; as of this writing, one can find
interfaces, database access routines, compilers, GUI toolkit interfaces, Emacs interfaces, database access routines, compilers, @acronym{GUI}
and HTTP client functions, among others. toolkit interfaces, and @acronym{HTTP} client functions, among others.
In the future, we hope to expand Guile to support other languages like In the future, we hope to expand Guile to support other languages like
Tcl and Perl by translating them to Scheme code. This means that users Tcl and Perl by translating them to Scheme code. This means that users