// max.cpp - return maximum of two arguments

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

template <class T> T max(T &t1, T &t2) {

  return ((t2 > t1) ? t2 : t1);
}

char* max(char* &s1, char* &s2) {

  cout << "  using specialization\n";
  return ((strcmp(s1,s2)>0) ? s1 : s2);
}

void main() {

  
  cout << "the maximum of 1 and 2 is " << max(1,2) << "\n\n";

  cout << "the maximum of 0.75 and 0.5e+10 is "
       << max(0.75,0.5e+10) << "\n\n";

  char *s = "a string";
  char *t = "z string";

  cout << "the maximum of \"z string\" and \"a string\" is \""
       << max(t,s) << "\"\n\n";

}