The predefined floating-point comparison operators are: (float x, float y); bool operator >(double x, double y); bool operator <=(float x, float y); bool operator <=(double x, double y); bool operator >=(float x, float y); bool operator >=(double x, double y); ]]> The operators compare the operands according to the rules of the IEEE 754 standard: If either operand is NaN, the result is false for all operators except !=, for which the result is true. For any two operands, x != y always produces the same result as !(x == y). However, when one or both operands are NaN, the <, >, <=, and >= operators do not produce the same results as the logical negation of the opposite operator. [Example: For example, if either of x and y is NaN, then x < y is false, but !(x >= y) is true. end example] When neither operand is NaN, the operators compare the values of the two floating-point operands with respect to the ordering where min and max are the smallest and largest positive finite values that can be represented in the given floating-point format. Notable effects of this ordering are: Negative and positive zeros are considered equal. A negative infinity is considered less than all other values, but equal to another negative infinity. A positive infinity is considered greater than all other values, but equal to another positive infinity.