> Did you ever try Sun Studio 12?
> Say, we are able to compile Boost, which is *quite *
> template heavy.

Interesting.  If it can compile Boost, maybe there's some hope.

> Cant really comment on your linker question, as it
> might be particular filesystem/build/gcc setup issue.
> Never seen any substantial performance differences
> between Linux gld and Solaris ld on adequately setup
> boxes

The thing to keep in mind here is that we're building an unusually large 
program (the .so in question is 155MB, without debugging info).  I also suspect 
the issue is related to C++ name mangling, specifically its tendency to create 
many names which share long prefixes.

-- Scott
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