In my youth, everything about linker scripts could be learned, and it
was really amazing stuff.  I'd take home the VAX/VMS Linker Manual for
reading on the train.  But most of the time I just didn't need the
flexibility.

I'd gone years without having to know about them, and meanwhile
linkers had become more complex, with the list of options growing.

I recently had to learn it all again with CForth on ARM, and I agree,
it's a bit arcane.

I've learned how to use objdump or an equivalent to check the output
of the linker.

On the other hand, I did have fun.

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