Implementing chained comparisons in Ruby

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(1..10).each do |x|
  case
  when x < 3
    puts "#{x} is quite low"
  when 3 <= x < 6
    puts "#{x} is quite all right"
  when 6 <= x < 10
    puts "#{x} is quite fine"
  when 10 <= x
    puts "#{x} is quite high"
  end
end


lets
  BEGIN {
        
Object.send(*                                                           
  "ZGVmaW5lX21ldGhvZA=bWV0aG9kX21pc3Npbmc=".unpack("mm"                      )
                                                                          ){|*|}
[[],[61]].inject([]){|_,__|_<<[60,*__]<<[62,*__]}.map{|_|_.pack("c*"        )}.
each { |a| [Float, Fixnum, Comparable].each { |b| b.class_eval               {
c = instance_method(a) and define_method(a) { |d| c.bind(self).call(d) and d }
                                                                      
there                                                                        }
  is                                                                         }
    no              ;FalseClass.class_eval "def %s(*) false end"%a           }
      END                                                                   {}
                                                                            
to                                                                          
  this                                                                      
    madness                                                                  }
                                                                            
this
  is
    RUBY!
      (not perl?)