#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using std::string;

/*
 * Template functions can create generic versions of functions.
 *
 * Note: There are min() and max() in the standard library, which
 * should be inaccessible without the std:: prefix, but the code
 * breaks anyway, so I had to change the names.
 */
template <typename T>
T minimum(const T a, const T b)
{
	if(a < b) return a;
	else return b;
}
template <typename T>
T maximum(const T a, const T b)
{
	if(a < b) return b;
	else return a;
}

int main()
{
	std::cout << minimum(15, 46) << " " << maximum(58,32) << std::endl;
	std::cout << minimum(4.8, -5.6) << " " << maximum(3.45,32.33) << " "
		  << maximum(-4.4, -8.52) << " " << maximum<double>(4.8, 7)
		  << std::endl;
	std::cout << minimum(string("Fred"), string("Barney"))
		  << " " << maximum(string("Alice"), string("Sally"))
		  << std::endl;
}