How does Python handle memory management?

Answer 1

reference counting and garbage collector?

Answer 2

SATYAM MORNINGSTAR ,

It's an implementation detail that can be delayed or omitted, as long as nothing in use is prematurely recycled. However, in the most used implementation, CPython, it's apparently quite fast and efficient.

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