// Example program : maximum, using templates

#include <iostream>     // for cout

// Two-argument version:
template <class Tp>
const Tp& max(const Tp& a, const Tp& b){
  return (b<a)?a:b;
}

// Three-argument version:
template <class Tp>
const Tp& max(const Tp& a, const Tp& b, const Tp& c){
  return ::max(a, ::max(b, c));
}

int main(){
  using namespace std;
  cout << max(1, 3, 5) << endl;                 // the integer 5
  cout << max(1.11, 3.33, 5.55) << endl;        // the double 5.55
}