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| @c This is part of the GNU Guile Reference Manual. | |
| @c Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2019 | |
| @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 is largely compliant with R6RS and R7RS. | |
| Guile also has many extensions that go beyond these reports. Some of | |
| the areas where Guile extends standard Scheme 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 | |
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