[Python] Garbage collection and OS

[Nicola Larosa]

raffaello wrote:
> Is it true that when an object is destroyed in a Python application
> the garbage collector does NOT give back the occupied memory to the
> Operating System as long as the application is running, but keeps it
> at the disposal of the same application?

[Switching to Italian language :-) ]

Era vero fino alla versione 2.4 dell'interprete; dalla 2.5 la memoria non
più usata viene effettivamente restituita al sistema operativo.

http://evanjones.ca/python-memory-part3.html

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