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COFF: Update README. 

It's no longer "new" because the old COFF linker has been removed.
Update the introduction accordingly.

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The New PE/COFF Linker
======================
The PE/COFF Linker
==================
This directory contains an experimental linker for the PE/COFF file
format. Because the fundamental design of this port is different from
This directory contains a linker for Windows operating system.
Because the fundamental design of this port is different from
the other ports of LLD, this port is separated to this directory.
The other ports are based on the Atom model, in which symbols and
references are represented as vertices and edges of graphs.
We don't use that model to aim for performance and simplicity.
Our plan is to implement a linker for the PE/COFF format based on a
different idea, and then apply the same idea to the ELF if proved to
be effective.
The linker supports both x86 and x86-64. It's able to link everything
for LLVM/Clang/LLD.
The linker is command-line compatible with MSVC linker and is
generally 2x faster than that. It can be used to link real-world
programs such as LLD itself or Clang, or even web browsers which
are probably the largest open-source programs for Windows.
Overall Design
--------------