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# Compare a list of strings

In Raku, putting square brackets around an [infix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infix_notation) operator turns it into a listop that effectively works as if the operator had been but in between all of the elements of the argument list *(or in technical terms, it* [*folds/reduces*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fold_\(higher-order_function\)) *the list using that operator, while taking into account the operator's inherent* [*associativity*](https://design.raku.org/S03.html#Operator_precedence) *and identity value)*:

```perl
[eq] @strings  # All equal
[lt] @strings  # Strictly ascending
```