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Rhombus 1.1 is now available

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Rhombus 1.1 has been released, introducing new features such as simplified annotation definitions, improved binding forms, and enhanced graphical and slideshow capabilities. The language emphasizes community-driven design and customization.

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As a language designed to be highly customizable and accessible, Rhombus represents an evolution in programming language design within the Racket ecosystem.

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We are pleased to announce Rhombus 1.1 is now available from https://rhombus-lang.org/ .

Rhombus is a general-purpose programming language that is easy to use and uniquely customizable.

Add annot and annot.def as ways to define an annotation without directly writing meta-time (i.e., macro) code.

Add as as a binding form, which is sometimes more readable for naming than using && and provides a way to shadow an identifier that is bound as a binding form.

Change class to bind inherited names using the corresponding superclass or interface reference.

Change space.enforest to adjust scopes in the same way as for a macro transformer when applying an identifier handler.

ffi: Add an initialized-array variant of new .

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