Ruby 3.4.0 (later updated to 3.4.1) has been released with several new features and improvements.New features include the introduction of 'it' block parameter reference and modular garbage collector (GC).The release also includes improvements to the YJIT compiler and the switch to the Prism parser as the default parser.Other changes include support for keyword splatting, restrictions on block passing and keyword arguments in index, and various bug fixes and updates.