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Re: Debian for kids (long)



On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 12:27:57PM -0500, Joe Block wrote:
> Python is a nice learner language - interpreted, no pointers to worry
> about, does gc for you.

The reference implementation does not implement garbage collection.
It does reference-counting, which is weaker (for example, cycles are
not reclaimed) and slower.

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