Matz's Ruby syntax moratorium

#​707 — June 13, 2024

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Matz Announces a Syntax Moratorium Until 3.4— At the end of RubyKaigi, Matz announced that there would be no syntax changes (outside of bug fixes) until Ruby 3.4 is released later this year.

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