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title: "How does garbage collection work in high-level programming languages like Java or Python?"  
description: "How does garbage collection work in high-level programming languages like Java or Python?"  
author: "Amrith Chandran"  
published: 2025-02-06  
updated: 2025-02-06  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/114090/how-does-garbage-collection-work-in-high-level-programming-languages-like-java-or-python  
category: "programming language"  
tags: ["programming language"]  

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# How does garbage collection work in high-level programming languages like Java or Python?


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