relational operators
numeric comparisons:
- < > <= >= == != <=>
- <=> returns -1, 0, or 1 depending on whether the left argument is numerically less than, equal to, or greater than the right argument
string comparsions:
- lt gt le ge eq ne cmp
- cmp returns -1, 0, or 1 depending on whether the left argument is stringwise less than, equal to, or greater than the right argument