Corion and Limbic~Region have provided excellent options.

Here is my offering, attempting to improve the readability. (Untested - this is just a concept): 

my %ops =( eq   => sub{shift eq shift},
           '==' => sub{shift == shift},
           'gt' => sub{shift > shift}
         );
sub compare{
  my ($p1, $op, $p2) = @_;
  return $ops{$op}($p1, $p2);
}
# Now you can write stuff like
 if (compare('abc', 'eq', 'ABC'){
   ..action
}

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IMHO, keeping the operator in the middle of operands makes this more readable.

Of course, there are other ways of doing this, using operator overloading, but I wouldnt go there for this simple case.

Update7/22 Thanks, Anneq: deleted ampersand in front of &$ops... changed sub() to sub{}.

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In reply to Re: interpolating a variable into an operator by NetWallah
in thread interpolating a variable into an operator by mlhii

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