What alternatives to Hans Boehm GC are out there for small devices? [closed]

Question

I'd like to use a virtual machine like NekoVM into a small device but to build it, it requires Boehm GC, however there is no port of that GC to that small device so I was wondering if there is any alternative to it, something that could be done exclusively with C code?

Answer 1

I'd say your best option would be to port the GC to your platform, for which there are instructions (libgc porting instructions).

Additionally, it should be possible to swap out the GC implementation (NekoVM FAQ), see vm/alloc.c file.

EDIT:

Hopefully useful additional links: (untested)

• Smieciuch Garbage Collector
• libgcroots (based on libgc 7, abstracts architecture dependant bits)
• Squirrel programming language