--- a/src/luan/Luan.java	Wed Feb 07 23:16:12 2018 -0700
+++ b/src/luan/Luan.java	Thu Feb 08 02:22:51 2018 -0700
@@ -114,39 +114,6 @@
 		throw new LuanException("attempt to call a " + Luan.type(obj) + " value" );
 	}
 
-	public static boolean isLessThan(LuanState luan,Object o1,Object o2) throws LuanException {
-		if( o1 instanceof Number && o2 instanceof Number ) {
-			Number n1 = (Number)o1;
-			Number n2 = (Number)o2;
-			return n1.doubleValue() < n2.doubleValue();
-		}
-		if( o1 instanceof String && o2 instanceof String ) {
-			String s1 = (String)o1;
-			String s2 = (String)o2;
-			return s1.compareTo(s2) < 0;
-		}
-		LuanFunction fn = getBinHandler("__lt",o1,o2);
-		if( fn != null )
-			return checkBoolean( Luan.first(fn.call(luan,new Object[]{o1,o2})) );
-		throw new LuanException( "attempt to compare " + Luan.type(o1) + " with " + Luan.type(o2) );
-	}
-
-	public static LuanFunction getBinHandler(String op,Object o1,Object o2) throws LuanException {
-		if( o1 instanceof LuanTable ) {
-			LuanFunction f1 = getHandlerFunction(op,(LuanTable)o1);
-			if( f1 != null )
-				return f1;
-		}
-		return o2 instanceof LuanTable ? getHandlerFunction(op,(LuanTable)o2) : null;
-	}
-
-	public static LuanFunction getHandlerFunction(String op,LuanTable t) throws LuanException {
-		Object f = t.getHandler(op);
-		if( f == null )
-			return null;
-		return checkFunction(f);
-	}
-
 	public static LuanFunction load(String text,String sourceName,LuanTable env)
 		throws LuanException
 	{