• Language: Added new object expressions (thanks Paul!)
• Language: Added par expression (thanks Jakob!)
• Language: Added safe upcast expression (thanks Jakob!)
• Language: Added support for top-level imports (thanks Magnus!)
• Language: Renamed Impure to IO (thanks Matt!)
• Language: Changed effect syntax (thanks Matt!)
  • old syntax: & Impure, new syntax: \ IO.
• Language: Changed record syntax (thanks Jakob!)
  • old syntax: {x :: Int32, new syntax: {x = Int32}.
• Compiler: Re-implemented Test Framework (thanks Magnus!)
• Compiler: Improved performance of unification (thanks Matt!)
• Compiler: Incrementalize Instances phase (thanks Magnus!)
• Library: Added MonadZip type class (thanks Stephen!)
• Library: Various minor improvements to the Standard Library (thanks Nina, Jakob, Stephen!)
• VSCode: Improved integration with Flix REPL (thanks Magnus!)