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Wild – A fast linker for Linux

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383 points hkalbasi | 1 comments | 24 Jan 25 16:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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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...

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cbmuser ◴[24 Jan 25 23:05 UTC] No.42817811[source]▶
Gold is slated for removal from binutils for version 2.44.0, so it's officially dead.
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1. saagarjha ◴[25 Jan 25 04:27 UTC] No.42819494[source]▶
Where is the effort going now? lld?