Why “Linker” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
> phrasing is a classic AI hallmark Lol. You've got AI paranoia dude. It's pretty obvious that Rust is more reliable than C++ in many ways, and trying to blame such an absolutel…
by boxed · Oct 7, 2026
> If it was transpiled there would be what GNU calls a "preferred form" of the linker source in which it wasn't written in Rust. No, that's only sometimes true. If you like the…
by Dylan16807 · Oct 6, 2026
I might have gone to the same college, in the 80s. I was a TA helping students punch FORTRAN on cards - already pretty obsolescent. One thing about the CDC - it had perhaps the…
by mac3n · Oct 6, 2026
It's also his third(!) time writing a linker: lld, mold 1-2, now mold 3. mold 3 is also supposed to do what he never did before: implement all of the GNU ld features (notably li…
by ahartmetz · Oct 6, 2026
How much work is involved with mantaining a linker in deep maintenance mode?
by biorach · Oct 5, 2026
It's a rust to C transpiler, I was thinking it could let you use a C version of the mold linker without maintaining one yourself.
by mohamedkoubaa · Oct 5, 2026
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