Editing GNU Assembler (section)

===Directives===
GAS uses assembler [[directive (programming)|directives]] (also known as pseudo ops), which are keywords beginning with a period that behave similarly to preprocessor directives in the [[C (programming language)|C programming language]]. While most of the available assembler directives are valid regardless of the target architecture, some directives are machine dependent.<ref>{{cite web | title = The GNU Assembler - Assembler Directives | url = http://sources.redhat.com/binutils/docs-2.12/as.info/Pseudo-Ops.html#Pseudo%20Ops | access-date = 2008-04-13 | archive-date = 2012-02-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120222005603/http://sources.redhat.com/binutils/docs-2.12/as.info/Pseudo-Ops.html#Pseudo%20Ops | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Since version 2.10, Intel syntax can be used through use of the <code>.intel_syntax</code> directive.<ref>{{cite web| title = GNU Assembler News| url = https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blob;f=gas/NEWS;hb=HEAD |quote=A new pseudo-op .intel_syntax has been implemented to allow gas to parse i386 assembly programs with intel syntax.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = AT&T Syntax versus Intel Syntax| url = http://sources.redhat.com/binutils/docs-2.12/as.info/i386-Syntax.html| access-date = 28 July 2014| archive-date = 20 June 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110620054249/http://sources.redhat.com/binutils/docs-2.12/as.info/i386-Syntax.html| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Linux assemblers: A comparison of GAS and NASM| author = Ram Narayan| date = 2007-10-17| publisher = IBM DeveloperWorks| url = http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-gas-nasm.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090303224539/http://ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-gas-nasm.html| archive-date = 3 March 2009| access-date = 28 July 2014}}</ref>