Along these lines, there is also (from 1988!) the Boehm Garbage Collector just an -lboehm away on your link line which in your suggested mode can reclaim (most

Along these lines, there is also (from 1988!) the Boehm Garbage Collector just an -lboehm away on your link line which in your suggested mode can reclaim (most) of the memory you might think you would lose. [1] (C does have many gotchas, though.) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boehm_garbage_collector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boehm_garbage_collector