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I got it to work with Scrutinizer's
$ if [ "$(echo "if (1.1 == 1.10) 0 " | bc)" -eq 0 ] 2>/dev/null; then echo "great"; else echo "no go"; fi
no go
Thank you so much for the help, guys!

hmm it still doesn't work as expected:

if [ $(echo "1.1 == 1.1" | bc) -eq 0 ]; then echo "great"; else echo "no go"; fi
syntax error on line 1, teletype
-bash: [: -eq: unary operator expected...

no :(

/usr/xpg6/bin/bc
1 > 2
syntax error on line 1, teletype

Some more relevant info:
I'm writing my script on an instructional account, so apparently, the version of bc in the system is...

Sun 5.10

edit:
and yes, I do get the error instead of 0. Same if I try to use it interactively:

bc
1 > 2
syntax error on line 1, teletype

I guess I didn't change it in time, sorry. Should be:
echo '1 > 2' | bc
I've tried both " " and ' ', though, and neither work

Whenever I use bc to compare two numbers, I get a "syntax error on line 1, teletype" error. I've tried simpler expressions like
echo '1 > 2' | bc
...but the error still occurs. Is it a problem...