> it usually leaks memory Citation needed. Integers matching valid pointers to allocated objects are rare - only common on 32-bit when running near limits of

> it usually leaks memory Citation needed. Integers matching valid pointers to allocated objects are rare - only common on 32-bit when running near limits of virtual memory space. Which is a bad idea anyway. Language runtimes that eventually move off Boehm, such as Mono, usually cite other reasons.