In most Lisps numeric comparison functions like =, <, >, <= and >= are variadic - meaning they accept variable number of arguments (as do functions like +, -, *, etc). Here’s an example:

;; let's assume that all those are numeric variables
(= x y z)
(< a b c d)

This is pretty cool and save you from writing code like:

(and (= x y) (= y z))
(and (< a b) (< b c) (< c d))

Prefix function position for the win!

In Emacs Lisp, however, all these comparison functions (unlike +, -, etc) accept just two arguments, which is somewhat unlispy. Luckily this is one of the things that’s going to change with Emacs 24.4. Emacs Lisp takes another small step to becoming a good Lisp dialect!