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Boehm garbage collector

garbage collector software library for C and C++
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Facts

12 properties
Instance of
free software
Inception
1988
Official website
www.hboehm.info
License
MIT License, GNU General Public License
Website
www.hboehm.info
Programming language
C
Has use
garbage collection
Copyright license
MIT License, GNU General Public License[3][4]
Copyright status
copyrighted
Named after
Hans-J. Boehm[2]
Programmed in
C[5]
Software version identifier
7.6.4, 7.4.10, 7.4.4, 7.2, 6.8, 7.6.6, 7.4.12, 7.2k, 7.2j, 7.2g, 7.2f, 7.2e, 7.2d, 7.2c, 7.2l, 7.4.14, 7.6.8, 7.2m, 7.4.16, 7.6.10, 8.0.2, 7.2n, 7.4.18, 7.6.12, 8.0.4, 7.2b, 8.0.6, 8.2.2, 7.2p, 7.2o, 7.4.20, 7.4.22, 7.6.14, 7.6.16, 8.0.8, 7.2q, 7.4.24, 7.6.18, 8.0.10, 8.2.4, 7.2r, 7.4.26, 7.6.20, 8.0.12, 8.2.6, 7.2s, 7.4.28, 7.6.22, 8.0.14, 8.2.8, 7.2t, 7.4.30, 7.6.24, 8.0.16, 8.2.10, 8.2.12[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
🏷️ Also known as
en libgc en bdwgc en Boehm garbage collector en Boehm GC en gc de Boehm-Speicherbereinigung zh 貝姆垃圾收集器 zh-hans 贝姆垃圾收集器
🔖 Identifiers · 14
Arch Linux package
gc
Debian stable package
libgc
Fedora package
gc
Free Software Directory entry
Boehm_garbage_collector
FreeBSD port
devel/boehm-gc-threaded, devel/boehm-gc-redirect, devel/boehm-gc
Freebase ID
/m/06knbp
Gentoo package
dev-libs/boehm-gc
Homebrew formula name
bdw-gc
NetBSD package ID
devel/boehm-gc
OpenBSD port
devel/boehm-gc
Repology project name
boehm-gc
Source code repository URL
github.com
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SourceForge project
bdwgc
Ubuntu package
libgc

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Copyright license 2
GNU General Public License, MIT License
Has use 1
garbage collection
Instance of 1
free software
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Boehm garbage collector is a free software[1].

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