This is a long time thing though. Tuxedo (a transaction processing system from the early 90s) would periodically restart processes to ensure that memory leaks d

This is a long time thing though. Tuxedo (a transaction processing system from the early 90s) would periodically restart processes to ensure that memory leaks didn't compromise the system. The Apache webserver has a knob for how many times you should run code in a process before restarting it. At the end of the day it is an extremely practical way to ensure that memory leaks don't bring your service down.