All following comparison operators have the standard mathematical interpretation and return a boolean value of True for true, False for false:

Comparison operations are supported by all objects!

This table summarizes the comparison operations:

Operation	Meaning
<	strictly less than
<=	less than or equal
>	strictly greater than
>=	greater than or equal
==	equal
!=	not equal*
is	object identity
is not	negated object identity

* != can also be written <>, but this is an obsolete usage kept for backwards compatibility only. New code should always use !=.