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Re:Python has brought computer programming to a vast new aud... by ummonk on Thursday July 19, 2018 @05:25PM (#17570426)
In all this time I didn’t even know python uses reference counting instead of tracing gc...
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Re:Python has brought computer programming to a vast new aud... by xapata on Thursday July 19, 2018 @08:25PM (#17571509)
It also uses mark-and-sweep.

    a = []
    a.append(a)
Can't collect that one with ref counting.
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Re:Python has brought computer programming to a vast new aud... by kimdotcom on Thursday July 19, 2018 @09:25PM (#17571777)
Weird. :)
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