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    Honestly, I have no idea why you think splitting up your code in the described way would reduce and of the current bugs. In fact, I would expect such a redesign require a lot of additional interprocess communication, which has potential for introducing new bugs. Commented Nov 12, 2020 at 23:11
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    to become familiar with memory management will take a long time, which I just don't have right now - that is most probably a fallacy, since if you don't take the time for learning proper memory management, you will have to invest even more time into testing and debugging. Commented Nov 12, 2020 at 23:16
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    Understanding memory management is non-optional for being able to wield the C language effectively since it's prerequisite knowledge for using a lot of essential C language features properly. If you'd prefer to avoid that, then consider using a different language altogether which takes care of memory for you (e.g. Python, C#, Java); indeed, unless you have a very specific reason for using C then it's generally not recommended as a beginner language (for this exact reason, as well as the general low-level nature of the C language making it far less beginner-friendly than Java/Python/etc). Commented Nov 13, 2020 at 0:23
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    "Understanding memory mangement" There's not much to know: (1) don't use after free'ing (that includes double free'ing), and, (2) if you never free, you'll have a memory leak. So, free just at a good time, not too soon, and not never. Commented Nov 13, 2020 at 4:01
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    There are no cases. You have to learn about memory management, and fix the problems. Commented Nov 13, 2020 at 15:25