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@c -*-texinfo-*-
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@c This is part of the GNU Guile Reference Manual.
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@c Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
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@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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@c See the file guile.texi for copying conditions.
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@node Guile Scheme
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@section Guile's Implementation of Scheme
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Guile's core language is Scheme, which is specified and described in the
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series of reports known as @dfn{RnRS}. @dfn{RnRS} is shorthand for the
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@iftex
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@dfn{Revised$^n$ Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme}.
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@end iftex
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@ifnottex
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@dfn{Revised^n Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme}.
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@end ifnottex
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The current latest revision of RnRS is version 5
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(@pxref{Top,R5RS,,r5rs}), and Guile 1.4 is fully compliant with the
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Scheme specification in this revision.
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But Guile, like most Scheme implementations, also goes beyond R5RS in
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many ways, because R5RS does not give specifications (or even
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recommendations) regarding many issues that are important in practical
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programming. Some of the areas where Guile extends R5RS are:
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@itemize @bullet
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@item
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Guile's interactive documentation system
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@item
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Guile's support for POSIX-compliant network programming
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@item
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GOOPS -- Guile's framework for object oriented programming.
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@end itemize
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@c Local Variables:
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@c TeX-master: "guile.texi"
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@c End:
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