Racket Programming Language Version 9.0 Released with Parallel Threads Feature
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Summary
Racket v9.0 has been released, introducing parallel threads as a major new feature. This represents a significant addition to the programming language's capabilities, building on existing green threads, futures, and places. The announcement includes download information and acknowledges contributors to the release.
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Racket 9.0 is here!
A major release is always exciting and Racket 9.0 is no exception in that it introduces Parallel Threads.
While Racket has had green threads for some time, and supports parallelism via futures and places, we feel parallel threads is a major addition.
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