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		jzl on Jan 18, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dismissing Python Garbage Collection at Instagram It was introduced in Python 2.0. You're not alone ... I still think of 2.0 as kinda new myself. :) Look in this doc for "Optional Collection of Cyclical Garbage": https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.0/

rcthompson on Jan 19, 2017 [–]

Released in October 2000... yeah, that's probably around the last time I paid any attention to the implementation details of GC in Python.

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