Editing Scheme (programming language) (section)

===R7RS===
The R6RS standard has caused controversy because some see it as a departure from the minimalist philosophy.<ref name="r6rs_electorate">{{Cite web |year=2007 |title=R6RS Electorate |url=http://www.r6rs.org/ratification/electorate.html |access-date=2012-08-09 |publisher=Scheme Steering Committee}}</ref><ref name="r6rs_feeley">{{Cite web |last=Marc Feeley (compilation) |date=2007-10-26 |title=Implementors' intentions concerning R6RS |url=http://lists.r6rs.org/pipermail/r6rs-discuss/2007-October/003351.html |access-date=2012-08-09 |publisher=Scheme Steering Committee, r6rs-discuss mailing list}}</ref> In August 2009, the Scheme Steering Committee, which oversees the standardization process, announced its intention to recommend splitting Scheme into two languages: a large modern programming language for programmers; and a small version, a subset of the large version retaining the minimalism praised by educators and casual implementors.<ref name="position_paper">{{Cite web |last=Will Clinger, Marc Feeley, Chris Hanson, Jonathan Rees and Olin Shivers |date=2009-08-20 |title=Position Statement ''(draft)'' |url=http://scheme-reports.org/2009/position-statement.html |access-date=2012-08-09 |publisher=Scheme Steering Committee}}</ref> Two working groups were created to work on these two new versions of Scheme. The Scheme Reports Process site has links to the working groups' charters, public discussions and issue tracking system.

The ninth draft of R7RS (small language) was made available on April 15, 2013.<ref name="r7rs-draft-9">{{Cite web |date=2013-04-15 |title=R7RS 9th draft available |url=http://trac.sacrideo.us/wg/raw-attachment/wiki/WikiStart/r7rs-draft-9.pdf}}</ref> A vote ratifying this draft closed on May 20, 2013,<ref name="r7rs_clinger">{{Cite web |last=Will Clinger |date=2013-05-10 |title=extension of voting period |url=http://lists.scheme-reports.org/pipermail/scheme-reports/2013-May/003401.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721162308/http://lists.scheme-reports.org/pipermail/scheme-reports/2013-May/003401.html |archive-date=2013-07-21 |access-date=2013-07-07 |publisher=Scheme Language Steering Committee, scheme-reports mailing list}}</ref> and the final report has been available since August 6, 2013,<!-- quote= the Scheme Steering Committee decided in August 2009 to divide the standard into two separate but compatible languages – a "small" language, suitable for educators, researchers, and users of embedded languages, focused on R5RS compatibility, and a "large" language focused on the practical needs of mainstream software development, intended to become a replacement for R6RS. The present report --> describing "the 'small' language of that effort: therefore it cannot be considered in isolation as the successor to R6RS".<ref name="r7rs"/>

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