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