Python vs Java garbage collection?

[Erik Max Francis]

Courageous wrote:

> I've only barely followed all this. But I'd say that, regardless of
> someone's intent to rely on gc from one environment to the next, one
> should explicitly call for the closure of files. Files are a resource
> that is external to Python, and can have an impact on other programs
> in the operating system. An explicit close is clear and helpful. This
> thinking can be generalized to other situations; for example, with
> sockets and so forth.
> 
> Hope this is on subject. :)

Yes, that's essentially exactly what I said a few posts ago:  "Even in
Python, you should make sure that code which acquires [external]
resources releases them in a timely manner."

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