as: PDP-11-Syntax

 
 9.33.3 PDP-11 Assembly Language Syntax
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 'as' supports both DEC syntax and BSD syntax.  The only difference is
 that in DEC syntax, a '#' character is used to denote an immediate
 constants, while in BSD syntax the character for this purpose is '$'.
 
    general-purpose registers are named 'r0' through 'r7'.  Mnemonic
 alternatives for 'r6' and 'r7' are 'sp' and 'pc', respectively.
 
    Floating-point registers are named 'ac0' through 'ac3', or
 alternatively 'fr0' through 'fr3'.
 
    Comments are started with a '#' or a '/' character, and extend to the
 end of the line.  (FIXME: clash with immediates?)
 
    Multiple statements on the same line can be separated by the ';'
 character.