#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

namespace own
{
    template<typename T>
    T max(const T& a,const T& b)
    {
        return (a>b)?a:b;
    }
}
int main() {

    // write your code here......
    int a = 0;
    int b = 0;
    cin>>a>>b;

    cout<<own::max(a,b);

    return 0;
}