One possible cause: because (apart from leaking some memory) they’re stable. The long-running programs I’ve used in other languages are architected so they res

One possible cause: because (apart from leaking some memory) they’re stable. The long-running programs I’ve used in other languages are architected so they respawn new processes regularly. Or they crash often enough on their own that they don’t get the opportunity to leak a ton of memory. Of the 4 long-running C-family programs I use the most, 3 have crashed in the past 2 days.