diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index 98309937..267fccfa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      - fast-ops
 
 jobs:
   benchmark:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 54331e51..effb4b48 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ serde_bytes = "0.11"
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 
 [features]
-default = ["std"]
+default = ["std", "fast_ops"]
 std = ["ahash/std", "ahash/runtime-rng", "num-traits/std", "smartstring/std"]
 unchecked = []                  # unchecked arithmetic
+fast_ops = []                   # ignore overloaded standard operators
 sync = []                       # restrict to only types that implement Send + Sync
 no_position = []                # do not track position in the parser
 no_optimize = []                # no script optimizer
diff --git a/src/ast/expr.rs b/src/ast/expr.rs
index e2f66fd0..b648d7c4 100644
--- a/src/ast/expr.rs
+++ b/src/ast/expr.rs
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ pub struct FnCallExpr {
     pub args: StaticVec<Expr>,
     /// Does this function call capture the parent scope?
     pub capture_parent_scope: bool,
+    /// Is this function call a simple symbol-based operator?
+    pub is_standard_operator: bool,
     /// [Position] of the function name.
     pub pos: Position,
 }
@@ -204,6 +206,9 @@ impl fmt::Debug for FnCallExpr {
         if self.capture_parent_scope {
             ff.field("capture_parent_scope", &self.capture_parent_scope);
         }
+        if self.is_standard_operator {
+            ff.field("is_standard_operator", &self.is_standard_operator);
+        }
         ff.field("hash", &self.hashes)
             .field("name", &self.name)
             .field("args", &self.args);
@@ -662,6 +667,7 @@ impl Expr {
                     hashes: calc_fn_hash(f.fn_name(), 1).into(),
                     args: once(Self::StringConstant(f.fn_name().into(), pos)).collect(),
                     capture_parent_scope: false,
+                    is_standard_operator: false,
                     pos,
                 }
                 .into(),
diff --git a/src/eval/expr.rs b/src/eval/expr.rs
index 9419e9e9..7fd7027b 100644
--- a/src/eval/expr.rs
+++ b/src/eval/expr.rs
@@ -222,11 +222,39 @@ impl Engine {
             #[cfg(not(feature = "no_module"))]
             namespace,
             capture_parent_scope: capture,
+            is_standard_operator,
             hashes,
             args,
             ..
         } = expr;
 
+        #[cfg(feature = "fast_ops")]
+        if *is_standard_operator {
+            let mut lhs = self
+                .get_arg_value(scope, global, caches, lib, this_ptr, &args[0], level)?
+                .0
+                .flatten();
+
+            let mut rhs = self
+                .get_arg_value(scope, global, caches, lib, this_ptr, &args[1], level)?
+                .0
+                .flatten();
+
+            let arg_values = &mut [&mut lhs, &mut rhs];
+
+            return if let Some(f) =
+                crate::func::get_builtin_binary_op_fn(&name, arg_values[0], arg_values[1])
+            {
+                let context = (self, name, None, &*global, lib, pos, level).into();
+                (f)(context, arg_values)
+            } else {
+                self.exec_fn_call(
+                    None, global, caches, lib, name, *hashes, arg_values, false, false, pos, level,
+                )
+                .map(|(v, ..)| v)
+            };
+        }
+
         #[cfg(not(feature = "no_module"))]
         if !namespace.is_empty() {
             // Qualified function call
diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index 43df65a1..4142cd68 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -614,8 +614,9 @@ impl Engine {
                 args.shrink_to_fit();
 
                 return Ok(FnCallExpr {
-                    name: id,
+                    name: state.get_interned_string(id),
                     capture_parent_scope,
+                    is_standard_operator: false,
                     #[cfg(not(feature = "no_module"))]
                     namespace,
                     hashes,
@@ -687,6 +688,7 @@ impl Engine {
                     return Ok(FnCallExpr {
                         name: state.get_interned_string(id),
                         capture_parent_scope,
+                        is_standard_operator: false,
                         #[cfg(not(feature = "no_module"))]
                         namespace,
                         hashes,
@@ -2339,6 +2341,7 @@ impl Engine {
                 name: state.get_interned_string(op.as_ref()),
                 hashes: FnCallHashes::from_native(hash),
                 pos,
+                is_standard_operator: op_token.is_standard_symbol(),
                 ..Default::default()
             };
 
diff --git a/tests/arrays.rs b/tests/arrays.rs
index d29d062b..a5fc59ce 100644
--- a/tests/arrays.rs
+++ b/tests/arrays.rs
@@ -169,6 +169,22 @@ fn test_arrays() -> Result<(), Box<EvalAltResult>> {
         "
     )?);
 
+    let value = vec![
+        String::from("hello"),
+        String::from("world"),
+        String::from("foo"),
+        String::from("bar"),
+    ];
+
+    let array: Dynamic = value.into();
+
+    assert_eq!(array.type_name(), "array");
+
+    let array = array.cast::<Array>();
+
+    assert_eq!(array[0].type_name(), "string");
+    assert_eq!(array.len(), 4);
+
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/optimizer.rs b/tests/optimizer.rs
index d231540b..93a429ce 100644
--- a/tests/optimizer.rs
+++ b/tests/optimizer.rs
@@ -49,21 +49,24 @@ fn test_optimizer_run() -> Result<(), Box<EvalAltResult>> {
     run_test(&mut engine)?;
 
     // Override == operator
-    engine.register_fn("==", |_x: INT, _y: INT| false);
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "fast_ops"))]
+    {
+        engine.register_fn("==", |_x: INT, _y: INT| false);
 
-    engine.set_optimization_level(OptimizationLevel::Simple);
+        engine.set_optimization_level(OptimizationLevel::Simple);
 
-    assert_eq!(
-        engine.eval::<INT>("if 1 == 1 || 2 > 3 { 42 } else { 123 }")?,
-        123
-    );
+        assert_eq!(
+            engine.eval::<INT>("if 1 == 1 || 2 > 3 { 42 } else { 123 }")?,
+            123
+        );
 
-    engine.set_optimization_level(OptimizationLevel::Full);
+        engine.set_optimization_level(OptimizationLevel::Full);
 
-    assert_eq!(
-        engine.eval::<INT>("if 1 == 1 || 2 > 3 { 42 } else { 123 }")?,
-        123
-    );
+        assert_eq!(
+            engine.eval::<INT>("if 1 == 1 || 2 > 3 { 42 } else { 123 }")?,
+            123
+        );
+    }
 
     Ok(())
 }