Python vs Java garbage collection?

[Samuele Pedroni]

"Robert Oschler" <Oschler at earthlink.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> "Samuele Pedroni" <pedronis at bluewin.ch> wrote in message
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> > Honestly not closing files explicitly is a bad idea, unless for quick
> hacks.
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> Samuele, if you are saying this in the spirit of diminishing the value of
> destructors, then read on.

I was saying it in the context of: Python/files.