diff --git a/core/bytes/bytes.odin b/core/bytes/bytes.odin
index 79de89d2f..911c62d5d 100644
--- a/core/bytes/bytes.odin
+++ b/core/bytes/bytes.odin
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // Procedures for manipulation of `[]byte` slices.
 package bytes
 
+import "base:runtime"
 import "base:intrinsics"
-import "core:mem"
 import "core:simd"
 import "core:unicode"
 import "core:unicode/utf8"
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ clone :: proc(s: []byte, allocator := context.allocator, loc := #caller_location
 	return c[:len(s)]
 }
 
-clone_safe :: proc(s: []byte, allocator := context.allocator, loc := #caller_location) -> (data: []byte, err: mem.Allocator_Error) {
+clone_safe :: proc(s: []byte, allocator := context.allocator, loc := #caller_location) -> (data: []byte, err: runtime.Allocator_Error) {
 	c := make([]byte, len(s), allocator, loc) or_return
 	copy(c, s)
 	return c[:len(s)], nil
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ clone_safe :: proc(s: []byte, allocator := context.allocator, loc := #caller_loc
 
 ptr_from_slice :: ptr_from_bytes
 ptr_from_bytes :: proc(str: []byte) -> ^byte {
-	d := transmute(mem.Raw_String)str
+	d := transmute(runtime.Raw_String)str
 	return d.data
 }
 
@@ -70,7 +70,13 @@ truncate_to_rune :: proc(str: []byte, r: rune) -> []byte {
 // Compares two strings, returning a value representing which one comes first lexiographically.
 // -1 for `a`; 1 for `b`, or 0 if they are equal.
 compare :: proc(lhs, rhs: []byte) -> int {
-	return mem.compare(lhs, rhs)
+	res := runtime.memory_compare(raw_data(lhs), raw_data(rhs), min(len(lhs), len(rhs)))
+	if res == 0 && len(lhs) != len(rhs) {
+		return len(lhs) <= len(rhs) ? -1 : +1
+	} else if len(lhs) == 0 && len(rhs) == 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return res
 }
 
 contains_rune :: proc(s: []byte, r: rune) -> int {
@@ -176,7 +182,7 @@ join :: proc(a: [][]byte, sep: []byte, allocator := context.allocator) -> []byte
 	return b
 }
 
-join_safe :: proc(a: [][]byte, sep: []byte, allocator := context.allocator) -> (data: []byte, err: mem.Allocator_Error) {
+join_safe :: proc(a: [][]byte, sep: []byte, allocator := context.allocator) -> (data: []byte, err: runtime.Allocator_Error) {
 	if len(a) == 0 {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
@@ -212,7 +218,7 @@ concatenate :: proc(a: [][]byte, allocator := context.allocator) -> []byte {
 	return b
 }
 
-concatenate_safe :: proc(a: [][]byte, allocator := context.allocator) -> (data: []byte, err: mem.Allocator_Error) {
+concatenate_safe :: proc(a: [][]byte, allocator := context.allocator) -> (data: []byte, err: runtime.Allocator_Error) {
 	if len(a) == 0 {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
diff --git a/core/debug/trace/trace.odin b/core/debug/trace/trace.odin
index 134609b05..6a9ba9dab 100644
--- a/core/debug/trace/trace.odin
+++ b/core/debug/trace/trace.odin
@@ -44,4 +44,34 @@ resolve :: proc(ctx: ^Context, frame: Frame, allocator: runtime.Allocator) -> (r
 @(require_results)
 in_resolve :: proc "contextless" (ctx: ^Context) -> bool {
 	return intrinsics.atomic_load(&ctx.in_resolve)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+_format_hex :: proc(buf: []byte, val: uintptr, allocator: runtime.Allocator) -> int {
+	_digits := "0123456789abcdef"
+
+	shift := (size_of(uintptr) * 8) - 4
+	offs := 0
+
+	for shift >= 0 {
+		d := (val >> uint(shift)) & 0xf
+		buf[offs] = _digits[d]
+		shift -= 4
+		offs += 1
+	}
+
+	return offs
+}
+
+_format_missing_proc :: proc(addr: uintptr, allocator: runtime.Allocator) -> string {
+	PREFIX :: "proc:0x"
+	buf, buf_err := make([]byte, len(PREFIX) + 16, allocator)
+	copy(buf, PREFIX)
+
+	if buf_err != nil {
+		return "OUT_OF_MEMORY"
+	}
+
+	offs := len(PREFIX)
+	offs += _format_hex(buf[offs:], uintptr(addr), allocator)
+	return string(buf[:offs])
+}
diff --git a/core/debug/trace/trace_cpp.odin b/core/debug/trace/trace_cpp.odin
index 8ef377cef..1a96ee112 100644
--- a/core/debug/trace/trace_cpp.odin
+++ b/core/debug/trace/trace_cpp.odin
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package debug_trace
 import "base:intrinsics"
 import "base:runtime"
 import "core:strings"
-import "core:fmt"
 import "core:c"
 
 // NOTE: Relies on C++23 which adds <stacktrace> and becomes ABI and that can be used
@@ -164,7 +163,7 @@ _resolve :: proc(ctx: ^Context, frame: Frame, allocator: runtime.Allocator) -> F
 			} else if info: Dl_info; dladdr(rawptr(address), &info) != 0 && info.dli_sname != "" {
 				frame.procedure = strings.clone_from_cstring(info.dli_sname, btc.allocator)
 			} else {
-				frame.procedure = fmt.aprintf("(procedure: 0x%x)", allocator=btc.allocator)
+				frame.procedure = _format_missing_proc(address, btc.allocator)
 			}
 			frame.line = i32(line)
 			return 0
diff --git a/core/debug/trace/trace_windows.odin b/core/debug/trace/trace_windows.odin
index 04e92f125..b27b0ee29 100644
--- a/core/debug/trace/trace_windows.odin
+++ b/core/debug/trace/trace_windows.odin
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import "base:intrinsics"
 import "base:runtime"
 
 import win32 "core:sys/windows"
-import "core:fmt"
 
 _Context :: struct {
 	hProcess: win32.HANDLE,
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ _resolve :: proc(ctx: ^Context, frame: Frame, allocator: runtime.Allocator) -> (
 	if win32.SymFromAddrW(ctx.impl.hProcess, win32.DWORD64(frame), &{}, symbol) {
 		fl.procedure, _ = win32.wstring_to_utf8(cstring16(&symbol.Name[0]), -1, allocator)
 	} else {
-		fl.procedure = fmt.aprintf("(procedure: 0x%x)", frame, allocator=allocator)
+		fl.procedure = _format_missing_proc(uintptr(frame), allocator)
 	}
 
 	line: win32.IMAGEHLP_LINE64
diff --git a/core/hash/xxhash/streaming.odin b/core/hash/xxhash/streaming.odin
index d34206fdb..22d99be1d 100644
--- a/core/hash/xxhash/streaming.odin
+++ b/core/hash/xxhash/streaming.odin
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ package xxhash
 		Jeroen van Rijn: Initial implementation.
 */
 
-import "core:mem"
+import "base:runtime"
 import "base:intrinsics"
 
 /*
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ XXH3_init_state :: proc(state: ^XXH3_state) {
 }
 
 XXH3_create_state :: proc(allocator := context.allocator) -> (res: ^XXH3_state, err: Error) {
-	state, mem_error := mem.new_aligned(XXH3_state, 64, allocator)
+	state, mem_error := runtime.new_aligned(XXH3_state, 64, allocator)
 	err = nil if mem_error == nil else .Error
 
 	XXH3_init_state(state)