A stack.

So I was working on the #aStrA : Aligned Strings format with attributesand the principles have resurfaced.

I also write an article on the subject, the current dev snapshot is at AS20241228.tgz.

It's still a dumb mark-new-release allocator but it is multithread-compatible, you can locate the buffer anywhere you like in data memory.

A first article is now available in the French new stands in May-June 2024:

It's only the first part of a trilogy that explains many of the practical shortcomings of the C-style ABI that makes our lives so miserable. Beware of the C hacks...