gc (was Re: Why is Python popular, while Lisp and Scheme aren't?)

[Brian Quinlan]

Kenny Tilton wrote:
> > true garbage collection (I am /not/ looking forward to reference
> > counting or the hoops one has to jump thru to handle cyclic refs)
> 
> Someone was kind enough to email me that the above is mistaken. I just
> revisited the page where I got that info, turns out it was 2000. My
> correspondent did not specify, but is this provided by the optional GC
> module, or is it now just part of core Python?

It is part of core Python. It used to be a build-time configure switch
(defaulted to on) but I don't know if that is still the case.

Cheers,
Brian