ASPL User Guide consists of twenty three chapters and fourteen appendices that cover the essential topics to get the user acquainted using the ASPL interpreter.

Chapter 1    Getting Ready
Chapter 2    Using The ASPL Calculator
Chapter 3    The Element Grouping Class Container
Chapter 4    The Global Grouping Functions Container
Chapter 5    User Sessions
Chapter 6    ASPL Set Operations
Chapter 7    ASPL Basic Set Operations
Chapter 8    ASPL Scripting Language
Chapter 9    Setness Comparison Operations
Chapter 10   ASPL Shallow Set Operations
Chapter 11   ASPL Fuzzy Set Operations
Chapter 12   ASPL Checksum Set Operations
Chapter 13   ASPL Sequence Alignment Operations
Chapter 14   Similarity Operations
Chapter 15   ASPL Interrogation Operations
Chapter 16   Quotient Set
Chapter 17   Rate of Change in a Process
Chapter 18   Displaying Intermittent Changes in a Process
Chapter 19   Differential Group Operations
Chapter 20   UNIX System Monitoring Examples
Chapter 21   Tying Attributes to UNIX Devices
Chapter 22   GEOmetric Set Operations
Chapter 23   Index of Some ASPL Terms and Symbols

Appendix A   ASPL Interpreter Synopsis
Appendix B   IBM ASCII Standard Character Set
Appendix C   ASPL Symbolic Operators
Appendix D   Functions to Compare Groups
Appendix E   Appendix Prompt Commands
Appendix F   ASPL Environment Variables
Appendix G   ASPL Tilde Expansions: tilde and envvar
Appendix H   Miscellaneous Scripts for Your UNIX System
Appendix I   Shortcut Commands
Appendix J   Metadata and the Element Grouping Class: metagrouping
Appendix K   Managing ASPL Metadata Grouping Files: asplmgrp
Appendix L   ASPL Differential Group Operations Output Explained
Appendix M   ASPL Scratchpad for Quick Notes
Appendix N   ASPL Calculator Technical Specifications 

Users can also consult ASPL User Manual for more information on using the interpreter. ASPL Operations Guide provides a description of each ASPL symbolic operator.

Bassem W. Jamaleddine
November 23 2025
New York, NY

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