[Python-3000] Is reference counting still needed?

[Greg Ewing]

Guido van Rossum wrote:

> Not that I disagree -- do you have specific data or reasoning to back
> this up? I'd love to hear that we were right all the time! :-)

No, I don't, sorry, it's just a hypothesis. But
I do like the way most Python garbage goes away
almost immediately, instead of hanging around
polluting the heap until the next time someone
decides to do a GC. It just feels tidier,
somehow.

--
Greg