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author | Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net> | 2009-12-18 01:11:40 +0000 |
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committer | Neil Jerram <neil@ossau.uklinux.net> | 2009-12-18 01:21:55 +0000 |
commit | 3733df073f5b0cca088b779a26a71a4618ececcb (patch) | |
tree | a1eb132c9dfe8ef7d3b070518e6bcab0200ae166 /doc/ref/scheme-intro.texi | |
parent | 2c18ac5f8e89580c44596d9c7b8a870da26c8b24 (diff) | |
download | guile-3733df073f5b0cca088b779a26a71a4618ececcb.tar.gz |
Update and simplify statement about RnRS support
* doc/ref/scheme-intro.texi (Guile Scheme): Mention R6RS as well as
R5RS. Simplify text.
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ref/scheme-intro.texi b/doc/ref/scheme-intro.texi index f8852d3dc..57aa18f69 100644 --- a/doc/ref/scheme-intro.texi +++ b/doc/ref/scheme-intro.texi @@ -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. - -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 complies fully with R5RS (@pxref{Top, +,Introduction,r5rs,R5RS}), and implements some aspects of R6RS. + +Guile also has many extensions that go beyond these reports. Some of +the areas where Guile extends R5RS are: @itemize @bullet @item |