// template generic max

#include <iostream.h>

template <class T> T max( const T a, const T b) { return (a>b ? a : b); };

int main()
{
	cout << max(1,2)<<endl;
		// notice that the compiler must figure out that
		// the above is 'max' with T replaced by 'int'
	cout << max(1.3,2.8)<<endl;
		// notice that the compiler must figure out that
		// the above is 'max' with T replaced by 'float'
	cout << max('a','c')<<endl;
		// notice that the compiler must figure out that
		// the above is 'max' with T replaced by 'char'

	//Suppose you defined a '<' that compared two Widgets by size....
	//do you think you dould find the max of two widgets?????

}