I have to confess to mostly just lurking Zig with interest, but not _actually_ knowing what I'm talking about. I do know their linker game has improved a _lot_

I have to confess to mostly just lurking Zig with interest, but not _actually_ knowing what I'm talking about. I do know their linker game has improved a _lot_ since that old Go article, so it's quite likely that Zig can do what you want. You might want to try their IRC or Discord.