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Rhombus 1.1 Released

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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. As part of this release, annot and annot.def are added as ways to define an annotation without writing meta‑time (macro) code, and class now binds inherited names using the corresponding superclass or interface reference.

The update introduces ffi with an initialized‑array variant of new.pict, improves magic_move and cross_fade, and expands Pict.rebuild to support a ~as_rebuilt argument. Additional tweaks include as as a binding form for clearer naming, and adjustments to space.enforest to align scopes like a macro transformer when applying an identifier handler.

Community members who contributed to this release are thanked, and feedback is welcomed. Questions and discussion are encouraged on the Racket community Discourse or Discord (#rhombus channel). Anyone can participate in Rhombus design discussions, reflecting the Racket team’s unofficial motto: "Anything we can do, you can do."