For example MISRA C disallows dynamic memory allocations completely and still pretty complex applications have been written to that spec. Similar guidelines are

For example MISRA C disallows dynamic memory allocations completely and still pretty complex applications have been written to that spec. Similar guidelines are pretty common in other high reliability or safety critical software specifications. Another example is "JPL Institutional Coding Standard for the C Programming Language", which specifies "Do not use dynamic memory allocation after task initialization"