new linker for Linux and others ELF OSes
Cool, Ian Taylor (who wrote the current linker used in Linux) just announced that gold, the new linker that he has been writing, was just released. It targets only ELF systems, so I believe its design is much simplified and streamlined by this.
I find it interesting that he chose to implement it in C++. I’m glad that the “let’s do it in C because everybody knows it” mantra that so frequently determines the programming language of open source projects doesn’t always prevail. Perhaps this will help weaken the argument?
And yes, I know about KDE. It’s the exception that proves the rule. 
Besides, don’t forget that GNOME, the project created to react to it is in C, using the horrible GObject monstrosity.
