python简明教程中__del__的疑问

看到python简明教程的objvar.py这节，有关于__init__（初始函数），__del__（类似于析构函数）。代码如下：

#Filename : objvar.py

class Person :
    '''Represents a person.'''
    population = 0

    def __init__(self,name):
        '''Initializes the person's data.'''
        self.name =  name
        print '(Initializing %s)'%self.name
        Person.population += 1

    def __del__(self):
        '''I am dying.'''
        print '%s says bye.'%self.name
        Person.population -= 1
        if Person.population == 0 :
            print 'I am the lastone.'
        else :
            print 'There are still %d people left.'%Person.population

    def sayHi(self):
        '''Greeting by the person.
        Really, that's all it does.'''
        print 'Hi, my name is %s.'%self.name

    def howMany(self):
        '''Prints the current population.'''
        if Person.population == 1:
            print 'I am the only person here'
        else:
            print 'We have %d persons here.'%Person.population


swaroop = Person('Swaroop')
swaroop.sayHi()
swaroop.howMany()

kalam = Person('AbdulKalam')
kalam.sayHi()
kalam.howMany()

swaroop.sayHi()
swaroop.howMany()

看教材上的运行结果应该是：

但是呢，我运行的结果是：

不一样啊，那就查找下，如：

http://babocs.ycool.com/post.2664695.html

http://topic.csdn.net/t/20060625/19/4842245.html

看了这两个地方，那么就在后面加了两句，

del swaroop
del kalam

再次运行，如下图：

原来是要用del去激活它。