$ python evil_linker_torture.py 3000 100 100 500000 ok so that managed to get up to 1.8GB resident memory, paused for a bit, then doubled it to 3.6GB, and a few seconds later successfully outputted a binary. i'm going to see if i can get above the 4GB mark by modifying the Makefile to do 3,000 shared libraries instead of 3,000 static object files. l.