[GHC] #12735: Evaluate the feasibility of using lld for linking

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#12735: Evaluate the feasibility of using lld for linking
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        Reporter:  bgamari           |                Owner:
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       Component:  Runtime System    |              Version:  8.0.1
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Comment (by dobenour):

 I would like to investigate a different approach: split the RTS linker as
 a C library that can be used by other projects, and which exposes a C API.
 GHC would then depend on this library.

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