I would disagree with saying that refcounting isn't "real" garbage collection. But with that said, you can get all the gory details from wikipedia: http://en.

I would disagree with saying that refcounting isn't "real" garbage collection. But with that said, you can get all the gory details from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_(computer_science)#Reachability_of_an_object http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_(computer_sc...