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Mold Linker Gains New Option To Deliver "Massively Faster" Performance


The Mold linker is already a high-speed alternative to the likes of LLVM LLD and GNU Gold

Mold lead developer Rui Ueyama shared that a new "--separate-debug-file" option has been added to the linker for "massively faster" performance. Exciting times for the Mold open-source linker and only becoming even faster with numerous optimizations that it delivers speedy results in general for both release and debug builds.About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.

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