GSOC Linker project

[Pierre LeMoine]

Hi!

I'm interested in starting a project to make a linker besides 
optlink for dmd on windows. If possible it'd be cool to run it as 
a gsoc-project, but if that's not an option I'll try to get it 
admitted as a soc-project at my university.

Anyway, the project would aim to be a replacement or alternative 
to optlink on windows. I've personally encountered quite a few 
seemingly random problems with optlink, and the error messages 
are not exactly friendly. My vision is to create a linker in a 
relatively modern language (D) and to release the project as open 
source.

So, I'm curious about some things; Is it too late to get this 
accepted as a summer of code project? Are there any current 
alternative linkers for dmd on windows, or any current projects 
aiming to create one? And do any of you know of a "Everything you 
need to know to write the best linker ever" resource center? ;]

/Pierre