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<h2 class="chapter">3 Syntax</h2>
<p><a name="index-machine_002dindependent-syntax-112"></a><a name="index-syntax_002c-machine_002dindependent-113"></a>This chapter describes the machine-independent syntax allowed in a
source file. <span class="command">as</span> syntax is similar to what many other
assemblers use; it is inspired by the BSD 4.2
assembler, except that <span class="command">as</span> does not assemble Vax bit-fields.
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