You can't distribute linking AFAIK. While I often do finish other development related tasks during longer builds, it doesn't make sense to context switch to so

You can't distribute linking AFAIK. While I often do finish other development related tasks during longer builds, it doesn't make sense to context switch to something completely different during a 1-2 minute delay. I will build dozens of times a day while testing or optimizing functionality, so this can really add up. That said recent versions of clang + lld + fission result in <20 sec compile+link times even on a multi-gigabyte executable, so the need for mold is significantly lessened. Users that are currently using gold will see a dramatic improvement.