@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... Yeah, I mean today I find I can mostly get away with dumb fixed sized arrays, and the occasional dynamic array. It’s just not the only data structure I’m willing to use.
Free lists that bump one at a time, lists that are built to be iterated once, or a collection of thousands of small (or mostly zero length lists) where a single one might occasionally be iterated during user input? Meh, intrusive linked lists are just easier.