title: Is the lld linker a drop-in replacement for ld and gold?
body: <p>The <a href="http://lld.llvm.org/" rel="noreferrer">linker from the LLVM project</a> <code>lld</code> is currently developed with new features added week by week. Its developers promise that <code>lld</code> is faster than <code>ld</code>. How does it compete compared to <code>gold</code>?</p>
  
  <p>Is lld a drop-in replacement for <code>ld</code>? With <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3476093/replacing-ld-with-gold-any-experience">gold there are some hoops to jump through</a>.</p>