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<title>Release 1.12 (TBA)</title>

<para>This release has the following new features:</para>

<itemizedlist>

  <listitem>
    <para>It is no longer necessary to set the
    <envar>NIX_REMOTE</envar> environment variable if you need to use
    the Nix daemon. Nix will use the daemon automatically if you don’t
    have write access to the Nix database.</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
    <para>The Nix language now supports floating point numbers. They are
    based on regular C++ <literal>float</literal> and compatible with
    existing integers and number-related operations. Export and import to and
    from JSON and XML works, too.
  </para>
  </listitem>
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<para>This release has contributions from TBD.</para>

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