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Re:Ask HN: Anyone having issues with job applicant fraud? by Beltiras on Thursday September 01, 2022 @05:35AM (#32674077)
I'm a 10 year Python veteran and I've never had to think about garbage collection. Back in the day I did find out that del didn't actually free up memory (memory footprint could only ever increase for a process, only way to "free" memory would be to restart it). Don't know if it's still the case.

If asked today my very terse but immediate answer would be: "Rather poorly when I last checked. Haven't had to check for roughly 8 years."

Would that qualify as a "knowledgeable individual" in your books? (just curious)

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone having issues with job applicant fraud? by SkipperCat on Thursday September 01, 2022 @08:00AM (#32675156)
I think that would meet the definition of a "knowledgeable individual". Python does GC under the hood and most folks who use it extensively never see it at all. The wrong answer would be "what is garbage collection" or "its excellent, better that C++"
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