Friendship ended with the garbage collector

Re:Friendship ended with the garbage collector by chronial on Friday August 27, 2021 @03:39AM (#28325290)

There are versions of Python without RC: https://www.python.org/download/alternatives/. There is no doubt that Python would be better off without RC, the problem is that Python extensions rely on RC. So CPython (the main python implemenation) can't just do the switch.

If you want more information about this topic, there is a nice talk by Larry Hastings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLqv11ScGsQ

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Re:Friendship ended with the garbage collector by amelius on Friday August 27, 2021 @04:19AM (#28325485)

Thanks. It seems that the JyNI project is trying to make a bridge between CPython and Jython, so from that I take that it is somehow possible to have extensions which more or less rely on RC (or at least the C API) while you can use a GC (Java's GC in this case) at the same time.

https://www.jyni.org/

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