From: Lyle Johnson Date: 2002-08-24T04:19:09+09:00 Subject: Re: Why Ruby Uses Mark-and-Sweep GC? Sean Middleditch wrote: > B) Even Python doesn't use ref counting any more Sure it does. Python 2.0 did, however, add a garbage collector that tries to detect cycles (see http://arctrix.com/nas/python/gc).