[Racket announcement] Racket v6.4

From: Ryan Culpepper (ryanc at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 8 11:13:14 EST 2016

Racket version 6.4 is now available from

     http://racket-lang.org/

- We fixed a security vulnerability in the web server.  The existing
   web server is vulnerable to a navigation attack if it is also
   enabled to serve files statically; that is, any file readable by
   the web server is accessible remotely. For more information see
 
http://blog.racket-lang.org/2016/02/racket-web-server-security-vulnerability.html

- DrRacket's scrolling is faster.

- Incremental garbage-collection mode can eliminate long pauses in a
   program. For example, incremental mode is useful for avoiding pauses
   in games and animations.

   Programs must specifically request incremental mode with
   `(collect-garbage 'incremental)`, but libraries such as
   `2htdp/universe` include the request as part of the library's
   implementation.

- The default package catalog is an HTTPS address instead of HTTP, and
   package operations properly validate server certificates when using
   HTTPS.

- Documentation may define their own categories for the manual top-
   level page by using strings, rather than only symbols that name
   pre-defined categories.

- The Racket cheat sheet is included in the main distribution.

- DrRacket is available in Bulgarian, thanks to Alexander Shopov.

- The contract Typed Racket generates for the `Any` type is more
   permissive, allowing more typed/untyped programs to work without
   contract errors.

- Redex supports binding specifications; describe which variables bind
   in which expressions and your metafunctions and reduction relations
   automatically become scope-sensitive. Thanks to Paul Stansifer for
   this improvement.

- All `pict` functions accept `pict-convertible`s. This allows for
   transparent interoperability between `pict` and  libraries like
   `2htdp/image`.

- The `raco profile` and `raco contract-profile` commands provide easy
   access to profiling tools, without requiring program modifications.

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