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* doc/ref/guile.texi (Programming in Scheme): Remove "awful" and add
  "as opposed to having to dive into C code", to explain what we
  really mean here.  Remove incorrect para about the `Hello Scheme!'
  material.

* doc/ref/intro.texi (Interactive Programming): Change "allows" to "is
  designed for" - sounds less accidental!

* doc/ref/scheme-ideas.texi (Hello Scheme!): Remove unnecessary
  "reference", and inappropriate "randomness".
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@ -216,16 +216,11 @@ Indices
@node Programming in Scheme
@chapter Programming in Scheme
Guile's core language is Scheme, and an awful lot can be achieved simply
by using Guile to write and run Scheme programs. In this part of the
manual, we explain how to use Guile in this mode, and describe the tools
that Guile provides to help you with script writing, debugging and
packaging your programs for distribution.
For readers who are not yet familiar with the Scheme language, this part
includes a chapter that presents the basic concepts of the language, and
gives references to freely available Scheme tutorial material on the
web.
Guile's core language is Scheme, and a lot can be achieved simply by using Guile
to write and run Scheme programs --- as opposed to having to dive into C code.
In this part of the manual, we explain how to use Guile in this mode, and
describe the tools that Guile provides to help you with script writing,
debugging and packaging your programs for distribution.
For detailed reference information on the variables, functions
etc. that make up Guile's application programming interface (API),

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@ -169,12 +169,13 @@ Then, for bonus points and maximising the ability for the user to experiment
quickly with code changes, the system should allow parts of the source code to
be modified and reloaded into the running program, to take immediate effect.
Guile allows this kind of interactive programming, and this distinguishes it
from many Scheme implementations that instead prioritise running a fixed Scheme
program as fast as possible --- because there are tradeoffs between performance
and the ability to modify parts of an already running program. There are faster
Schemes than Guile, but Guile is a GNU project and so prioritises the GNU vision
of programming freedom and experimentation.
Guile is designed for this kind of interactive programming, and this
distinguishes it from many Scheme implementations that instead prioritise
running a fixed Scheme program as fast as possible --- because there are
tradeoffs between performance and the ability to modify parts of an already
running program. There are faster Schemes than Guile, but Guile is a GNU
project and so prioritises the GNU vision of programming freedom and
experimentation.
@node Supporting Multiple Languages
@section Supporting Multiple Languages

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@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ Readers who already possess a background knowledge of Scheme may happily
skip this chapter. For the reader who is new to the language, however,
the following discussions on data, procedures, expressions and closure
are designed to provide a minimum level of Scheme understanding that is
more or less assumed by the reference chapters that follow.
more or less assumed by the chapters that follow.
The style of this introductory material aims about halfway between the
terse precision of R5RS and the discursive randomness of a Scheme
tutorial.
The style of this introductory material aims about halfway between the terse
precision of R5RS and the discursiveness of existing Scheme tutorials. For
pointers to useful Scheme resources on the web, please see @ref{Further
Reading}.
@menu
* About Data:: Latent typing, types, values and variables.