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>= -- greater than or equal

Synopsis

Usage:
x >= y
Inputs:
- x
- y
Outputs:
- a Boolean value, depending on whether x >= y

Description

Calls upon ? to perform the comparison, if necessary.

Ways to use `>=` :

>= InfiniteNumber, see >= ZZ -- greater than or equal
>= ZZ -- greater than or equal

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.