Fwd: Link-Time Optimizations

Ian Lance Taylor ian@airs.com
Tue Nov 8 14:53:00 GMT 2005


Javier Cabezas Rodríguez <javier.cabezas@gmail.com> writes:

> LLVM looks great too.
> 
> Why don't implement this functionality in the GNU Toolchain?

Because it's a lot of work?

This sort of work is generally driven either by volunteers or by
companies with very deep pockets willing to invest in significant
toolchain improvements.  I'm not aware of either of those cases
happening with the GNU linker.

Ian



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