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383 points hkalbasi | 1 comments | 24 Jan 25 16:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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...

o11c ◴[25 Jan 25 06:54 UTC] No.42819983[source]▶

Rarely mentioned: all of these occur at the cost of not implementing a very large number of useful features used by real-world programs.

1. account42 ◴[27 Jan 25 12:53 UTC] No.42840620[source]▶

Like ICF? Wait no, everyone supports that except GNU ld.

Wild – A fast linker for Linux