ono@lemmy.ca to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agoMold: A Modern Linkergithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down12
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minus-squarermam@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThe performance gains are impressive in relative terms, but I don’t think I would ever switch the default linker if the potential gains are like shaving off 5 seconds when linking a 3GB bundle of binaries.
minus-squareugo@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAt work we use lld as opposed ld. With ld, the project I work on links in 60-something seconds, with lld it links in less than 6. Mold is faster than lld. It is absolutely worth it
The performance gains are impressive in relative terms, but I don’t think I would ever switch the default linker if the potential gains are like shaving off 5 seconds when linking a 3GB bundle of binaries.
At work we use lld as opposed ld. With ld, the project I work on links in 60-something seconds, with lld it links in less than 6.
Mold is faster than lld. It is absolutely worth it