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+@c -*-texinfo-*-
+@c This is part of the GNU Guile Reference Manual.
+@c Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
+@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c See the file guile.texi for copying conditions.
+
+@node Guile Scheme
+@section Guile's Implementation of Scheme
+
+Guile's core language is Scheme, which is specified and described in the
+series of reports known as @dfn{RnRS}. @dfn{RnRS} is shorthand for the
+@iftex
+@dfn{Revised@math{^n} Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme}.
+@end iftex
+@ifnottex
+@dfn{Revised^n Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme}.
+@end ifnottex
+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
+Guile's interactive documentation system
+
+@item
+Guile's support for POSIX-compliant network programming
+
+@item
+GOOPS -- Guile's framework for object oriented programming.
+@end itemize
+
+
+@c Local Variables:
+@c TeX-master: "guile.texi"
+@c End: