Editing Linker (computing) (section)

=== GNU ===
GNU ld, part of the [[GNU Binary Utilities]] (binutils), is the [[GNU Project]] version of the Unix static linker. A ''linker script'' may be passed to GNU ld to exercise fine grain control of the linking process.<ref name="GNU_2018_Binutils"/> Two versions of ld are provided in binutils: the traditional GNU ld based on [[Binary File Descriptor library|bfd]], and a streamlined ELF-only version called [[gold (linker)|gold]].

The [[LLVM]] project's linker, ''{{vanchor|lld}}'', is designed to be drop-in compatible,<ref>{{cite web |title=LLD - The LLVM Linker — lld 14 documentation |url=https://lld.llvm.org/ |website=lld.llvm.org}}</ref> and may be used directly with the GNU compiler. Another drop-in replacement, mold, is a highly parallelized and faster alternative which is also supported by GNU tools.<ref>{{cite web |title=GCC 12 Adds Support For Using The Mold Linker |url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GCC-12-Mold-Linker |website=www.phoronix.com}}</ref>