Garbage Collection Method

[Terry Reedy]

"JAVIER ALBERTO MONTOYA TORRES" <jamontoya at unitec.edu> wrote in message
news:mailman.37.1077147828.27104.python-list at python.org...
> Someone else know whats the way Python collect Garbage, by
> unreferenced locations in memory, usings flags, maybe hybrid of two or
> more methods, ... Can help me?

Python, the language, only specifies that the interpreter *may* collect
unneeded items.  CPython uses reference counting backed by a
'generational'? gc for isolated cycles.  Jython uses the Jave gc system,
whatever that is.

tjr