The wlink32 is a 32 bit linker for Windows.
It is an effort of me, (Manos) and LADSoft (David Lindauer) to produce a modern linker.
It is based on the original ALINK of Anthony A.J. Williams.
But ALINK does not support MS-COFF import libraries and
its support for making DLLs was limited and had bugs.

Attributes of wlink32:

1). Supports OMF and MS-COFF object and library files.
2). Supports response files as input.
3). Supports MS-COFF import libraries.
4). Supports .res files.
5). Produce external and embed manifest files.

You you can download this from here.

http://www.manoscoder.gr/w32cc/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=24

On 10/12/2016 12:00 PM, jest wrote:
> The wlink32 is a 32 bit linker for Windows.
> It is an effort of me, (Manos) and LADSoft (David Lindauer) to produce a
> modern linker.
> It is based on the original ALINK of Anthony A.J. Williams.
> But ALINK does not support MS-COFF import libraries and
> its support for making DLLs was limited and had bugs.
>
> Attributes of wlink32:
>
> 1). Supports OMF and MS-COFF object and library files.
> 2). Supports response files as input.
> 3). Supports MS-COFF import libraries.
> 4). Supports .res files.
> 5). Produce external and embed manifest files.
>
> You you can download this from here.
>
> http://www.manoscoder.gr/w32cc/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=24

So, have you tested it as a replacement for Optlink?