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A New ELF Linker

Ian Lance Taylor
Proceedings of the GCC Developers' Summit (2008)
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Abstract

gold is a new ELF linker recently added to the GNU binutils. I discuss why it made sense to write a new linker rather than extend the existing one. I describe the architecture of the linker, and new features. I present performance measurements. I discuss future plans for the linker. I discuss the use of C++ in writing system tools.

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