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> -- greater than

Description

x > y yields true or false depending on whether x > y.

Calls upon ? to perform the comparison, if necessary.

Ways to use > :

For the programmer

The object > is a keyword.

This operator may be used as a prefix unary operator in an expression like >y. The user may install a method for handling such expressions with code such as
           > Y := (y) -> ...
where Y is the class of y.