Python vs Java garbage collection?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Erik Max Francis wrote:
> Even with such a guarantee given in good faith (if it were even needed
> at all), there's still no assurances that circumstances couldn't come
> along that could void that guarantee.  You could move on to other
> things, or some other faction would take over CPython development and
> turn it in new directions, etc.

But the same applies to any other guarantee that somebody may give you. 
It is inherently hard to predict the future.

> The point I was trying to make is about what guarantees the language
> makes, rather than the particular details of a certain implementation. 

But any guarantees that "the language" gives are just as void as any 
guarantee that I give. It is trivial for the maintainers to declare 
something as a documentation bug, and that has happened many times in 
the past, and will happen in the future.

Regards,
Martin