Ruby 2nd book

Operator Expressions

In Ruby, many operators are actually implemented as method calls.

For example, when you write a*b + c you’re actually asking the object referenced by a to execute the
method * , passing in the parameter b. You then ask the object that results from that
calculation to execute the + method, passing c as a parameter. This is equivalent to
writing :

                 (a.*(b)).+(c)

Operator           Meaning
==                      Test for equal value.
===                   Used to compare the each of the items with the target in the when clause of a case statement.
<=>                   General comparison operator. Returns −1, 0, or +1, depending on
                          whether its receiver is less than, equal to, or greater than its argument.
<, <=, >=, >      Comparison operators for less than, less than or equal, greater than or
                          equal, and greater than.
=~                     Regular expression pattern match.
eql?                  True if the receiver and argument have both the same type and equal
                          values. 1 == 1.0 returns true, but 1.eql?(1.0) is false.
equal?             True if the receiver and argument have the same object ID.