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For the 17k SLOC project, link times were already under 100 milliseconds without mold. (EDIT: Actually linking took 129 milliseconds with GNU ld.) There are oth
by strager 4y ago
For the 17k SLOC project, link times were already under 100 milliseconds without mold. (EDIT: Actually linking took 129 milliseconds with GNU ld.) There are other, bigger bottlenecks to deal with.
As a project grows larger, link times become more noticeable, and mold starts to help.
- throw827474737 4y agoOh sorry you pointed that out below, thank you for doing again!
- strager 4y agoI actually pointed it out in the article when I compared GNU ld with Mold. =] And I was actually wrong in my comment; run_linker took 129 ms, not under 100 ms. https://quick-lint-js.com/blog/cpp-vs-rust-build-times/#optimizing-rust-with-faster-linker https://quick-lint-js.com/blog/cpp-vs-rust-build-times/#opti...