as "primitive" comparison operators, and "polymorphic"
comparison operators, respectively.
</p>
<h2 id="Primitive-Comparison-Operators">Primitive Comparison Operators
</h2>
<p>The primitive comparison operators are <code class="mendoza-code">=</code>, <code class="mendoza-code">&lt;</code>, <code class="mendoza-code">&lt;=</code>, <code class="mendoza-code">&gt;</code>,
<code class="mendoza-code">&gt;=</code>.  In the simple case, each operator can be used to compare two values
as follows: <code class="mend