If I want to write a compiler and hand roll my own lexer/parser (no lex/yacc or antlr) what is the easiest approach? If a developer wants to become a good C programmer, is it useful to study gcc documentation? How important is studying the documentation for ...
puddling. 1  the act of a person or thing that puddles. 2  Metallurgy. the act or process of melting pig iron in a reverberatory furnace (puddling furnace) and converting it into wrought iron. 3  the act or method of making puddle. 4  puddle (def 3).
1 In Europe it was found that wrought iron could be produced indirectly from cast iron made in a blast furnace. One of the most widely used such indirect methods, called the puddling process, was developed by Henry Cort of England in 1784.