made the linking step prefer ld.lld if avaliable else fall back to ld

main.py

@@ -2606,18 +2606,48 @@ def run_nasm(asm_path: Path, obj_path: Path, debug: bool = False) -> None:
 	subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
 
 
-def run_linker(obj_path: Path, exe_path: Path, debug: bool = False, libs: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> None:
-	cmd = ["ld", "-o", str(exe_path), str(obj_path)]
-	if libs:
-		cmd.extend(["-dynamic-linker", "/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2"])
-		for lib in libs:
-			# If the user passed a full .so name, use -l:libname.so, else -l<name>
-			if lib.endswith('.so') or '.so.' in lib:
-				cmd.append(f"-l:{lib}")
+def run_linker(obj_path: Path, exe_path: Path, debug: bool = False, libs=None):
+    libs = libs or []
+
+    lld = shutil.which("ld.lld")
+    ld = shutil.which("ld")
+
+    if lld:
+        linker = lld
+        use_lld = True
+    elif ld:
+        linker = ld
+        use_lld = False
     else:
-				cmd.append(f"-l{lib}")
+        raise RuntimeError("No linker found")
+
+    cmd = [linker]
+
+    if use_lld:
+        cmd.extend(["-m", "elf_x86_64"])
+    else:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            "GNU ld does not support x86_64 on this platform. Install lld."
+        )
+
+    cmd.extend([
+        "-o", str(exe_path),
+        str(obj_path),
+    ])
+
+    if not libs:
+        cmd.extend(["-nostdlib", "-static"])
+
+    if libs:
+        cmd.extend([
+            "-dynamic-linker", "/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2",
+        ])
+        for lib in libs:
+            cmd.append(f"-l:{lib}" if ".so" in lib else f"-l{lib}")
+
     if debug:
         cmd.append("-g")
+
     subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
 
 

p.sl

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import stdlib/stdlib.sl
-import stdlib/io.sl
-
-: main
-    12345 0 p!    # store 12345 at offset 0
-    0 p@ puti cr  # read and print value at offset 0
-    67890 8 p!    # store 67890 at offset 8
-    8 p@ puti cr  # read and print value at offset 8
-;