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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 |