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ajb ◴[24 Jan 25 20:44 UTC] No.42816737[source]▶

2008: Gold, a new linker, intended to be faster than Gnu LD

2015(?): Lld a drop in replacement linker, at least 2x as fast as Gold

2021: mold, a new linker, several times faster than lld

2025: wild, a new linker...

1. dundarious ◴[24 Jan 25 20:51 UTC] No.42816811[source]▶

For windows, there is also [The RAD Linker](https://github.com/EpicGamesExt/raddebugger?tab=readme-ov-fi...) though quite early days.

Wild – A fast linker for Linux