This document describes the usage and input syntax of the Unix Vax-11 assembler As. As is designed for assembling code produced by the "C" compiler; certain concessions have been made to handle code written directly by people, but in general little sympathy has been extended.
It's hard to get motivated fixing a compile-time syntax error when you can buy a powder that turns a house into a monster. - Ryan North
Grammar and ordinary language are bad guides to metaphysics. A great book might be written showing the influence of syntax on philosophy. - Bertrand Russell
The Internet"not food for thought, just chewing gum put out by people who know the vocabulary of thought but not it's syntax - Michael Hecht
In the beginning was the word. But by the time the second word was added to it, there was trouble. For with it came syntax...