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Update and simplify statement about RnRS support

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* doc/ref/scheme-intro.texi (Guile Scheme): Mention R6RS as well as
  R5RS.  Simplify text.
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@ -15,14 +15,11 @@ series of reports known as @dfn{RnRS}. @dfn{RnRS} is shorthand for the
@ifnottex
@dfn{Revised^n Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme}.
@end ifnottex
The current latest revision of RnRS is version 5 (@pxref{Top,
,Introduction,r5rs,R5RS}), and Guile 1.4 is fully compliant with the
Scheme specification in this revision.
Guile complies fully with R5RS (@pxref{Top,
,Introduction,r5rs,R5RS}), and implements some aspects of R6RS.
But Guile, like most Scheme implementations, also goes beyond R5RS in
many ways, because R5RS does not give specifications (or even
recommendations) regarding many issues that are important in practical
programming. Some of the areas where Guile extends R5RS are:
Guile also has many extensions that go beyond these reports. Some of
the areas where Guile extends R5RS are:
@itemize @bullet
@item