Isn't gold specifically targetted at x86 and/or linux only (I can't remember which)? Having it as part of the LLVM project means they can use a lot of the infra

Isn't gold specifically targetted at x86 and/or linux only (I can't remember which)? Having it as part of the LLVM project means they can use a lot of the infrastructure that already exists, and exists to used as libraries, and also allows them to write the code as another set of libraries for use in other unforseen systems. It's also aimed at being a generic linker for use on many different platforms. I don't think gold has these goals; from I remember they were just after speed on their target platform.