How Python Manages Memory

Austin Cepalia

Ever wonder how Python handles your data behind the scenes? How are your variables stored in memory? When do they get deleted?

In this course, we’re going to do a deep dive into the internals of Python to understand how it handles memory management.

By the end of this course, you’ll:

  • Learn more about low-level computing, specifically as relates to memory
  • Understand how Python abstracts lower-level operations
  • Learn about Python’s internal memory management algorithms

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About Austin Cepalia

Austin is a video tutorial author at Real Python. He graduated with a BS in CS from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2023, and now he writes software to support the semiconductor industry.

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