[ingenter]

Do you understand that the linked article, and the talk referenced in the article describe a way to implement garbage collection as a solution to (memory management for) data structures with cycles?

Do you think that this problem is not equivalent to "how do I allow my dog to make a 'press this button for fart sound' app?"?

Do you have a better solution to reclaiming data structures with cyclic pointers?

[palunon]

Pool allocation, and delete the whole thing at the end.

Of course, sometimes (most times ?) you can't do this, and you really need a GC.

There is a reason why TAOCP spends a whole chapter on GC IIRC...