--- peak/util/extremes.py.orig	2007-11-21 06:50:24 UTC
+++ peak/util/extremes.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Extreme(object):     # Courtesy of PEP 326
         return self.__cmp__(other)>=0
 
     def __ne__(self,other):
-        return self.__cmp__(other)<>0
+        return self.__cmp__(other)!=0
 
 Max = Extreme(1, "Max")
 Min = Extreme(-1, "Min")