@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
  set number1=7.2
  set number2=-7.3
  ::
  :: Give the result
  if %number1% EQU %number2% (
    echo %number1% is equal to %number2%
    ) else (
    if %number1% GTR %number2% (
      echo %number1% is greater than %number2%
      ) else (
      echo %number1% is smaller than %number2%
    )
  )
  endlocal & goto :EOF

  @echo off & setlocal enableextensions
  ::
  :: Get the numbers, one way or another
  if not [%2]==[] (
    set number1=%1
    set number2=%2
    ) else (
    echo Usage: %~f0 number1 number2
    endlocal & goto :EOF
    )
  ::
  :: See to it that the numbers have at least four decimal places
  call :Add4Decimals %number1% numb1
  call :Add4Decimals %number2% numb2
  ::
  :: Get the integer part and _exactly_ four decimals of the numbers
  call :ParseNumber %numb1% fix1 dec1
  call :ParseNumber %numb2% fix2 dec2
  ::
  :: Build up the numbers to be compared
  set /a n1=%fix1%%dec1%
  set /a n2=%fix2%%dec2%
  echo "Debugging" information: Comparing in fact
  echo %fix1%%dec1% and %fix2%%dec2%
  ::
  :: Give the result
  if %n1% EQU %n2% (
    echo %number1% is equal to %number2%
    ) else (
    if %n1% GTR %n2% (
      echo %number1% is greater than %number2%
      ) else (
      echo %number1% is smaller than %number2%
    )
  )
  endlocal & goto :EOF
  ::
  :: =============================================
  :Add4Decimals
  setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion
  echo %1|find ".">nul
  if %errorlevel% EQU 1 (
    endlocal& set %2=%1.0000&goto :EOF
    ) else (
    endlocal& set %2=%10000&goto :EOF)
  ::
  :: =============================================
  :ParseNumber
  setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion
  for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=." %%m in ('echo %1') do (
    set fix=%%m
    set dec=%%n)
  set dec=%dec:~0,4%
  endlocal& set %2=%fix%& set %3=%dec%& goto :EOF

  @echo off & setlocal enableextensions
  ::
  :: Get the numbers, one way or another
  set number1=7.2
  set number2=-7.3
  ::
  :: Build a Visual Basic Script
  if not exist c:\mytemp mkdir "c:\mytemp"
  findstr "'%skip%VBS" "%~f0" > "c:\mytemp\tmp$$$.vbs"
  ::
  :: Run the VBS script with Microsoft Windows Script Host Version 5.6
  cscript //nologo "c:\mytemp\tmp$$$.vbs">"c:\mytemp\tmp$$$.cmd"
  ::
  :: Call the CMD.EXE script created by the above redirection
  call "c:\mytemp\tmp$$$.cmd"
  ::
  :: Show and interpret the results
  echo Testing: %number1% %number2% %sign%
  if %sign% EQU 0 (
    echo %number1% is equal to %number2%
    ) else (
    if %sign% EQU 1 (
      echo %number1% is greater than %number2%
      ) else (
      echo %number1% is smaller than %number2%
    )
  )
  ::
  :: Clean up
  for %%f in ("c:\mytemp\tmp$$$.vbs" "c:\mytemp\tmp$$$.cmd") do (
    if exist %%f del %%f)
  rmdir "c:\mytemp"
  endlocal & goto :EOF
  '
  '................................................................
  'The Visual Basic Script
  '
  Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.shell") 'VBS
  n1=WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%number1%") 'VBS
  n2=WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%number2%") 'VBS
  WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "@set sign=" & Sgn(n1-n2) 'VBS

  @echo off & setlocal enableextensions
  ::
  :: Get the numbers, one way or another
  set number1=7.2
  set number2=-7.3
  ::
  :: Build a GnuAWK program file
  if not exist c:\mytemp mkdir c:\mytemp
  > c:\mytemp\tmp$$$.awk echo BEGIN{
  >>c:\mytemp\tmp$$$.awk echo if ^(^(%number1%^)-^(%number2%^)==0^) sgn=0
  >>c:\mytemp\tmp$$$.awk echo else if ^(index^(^(%number1%^)-^(%number2%^),"-"^)^) sgn=-1
  >>c:\mytemp\tmp$$$.awk echo else sgn=1
  >>c:\mytemp\tmp$$$.awk echo printf "@set sign=%%s\n",sgn
  >>c:\mytemp\tmp$$$.awk echo }
  ::
  :: Execute
  gawk -f c:\mytemp\tmp$$$.awk>c:\mytemp\tmp$$$.cmd
  call c:\mytemp\tmp$$$.cmd
  ::
  :: Show and interpret the results
  echo Testing: %number1% %number2% %sign%
  if %sign% EQU 0 (
    echo %number1% is equal to %number2%
    ) else (
    if %sign% EQU 1 (
      echo %number1% is greater than %number2%
      ) else (
      echo %number1% is smaller than %number2%
    )
  )
  ::
  :: Clean up
  for %%f in (c:\mytemp\tmp$$$.awk c:\mytemp\tmp$$$.cmd) do del %%f
  rmdir c:\mytemp
  endlocal & goto :EOF