Python vs Java garbage collection?

[Brian Quinlan]

> 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.

Tim Peters has made that guarantee in the past as well.
 
> The point I was trying to make is about what guarantees the language
> makes, rather than the particular details of a certain implementation.
> I have very little doubt that CPython's finalization behavior will
ever
> change; but that was not the point.

What guarantees does the language make? I can't think of any...

Cheers,
Brian