So, can you think of any other ways, and are any of them faster than List::Util?

I think this is elegant... 

sub max { $_[ $_[0] < $_[1] ] }

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I don't know how it would compare, but I'd expect favorably. I, like Aristotle, am not interested in the efficiency difference enough to benchmark.

By the way, you can use that technique inline and avoid the function call (if you are really trying for efficiency.) 

my $max_xy = ($x,$y)[$x<$y]

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-sauoq
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In reply to Re: assigning the maximum of two numbers by sauoq
in thread assigning the maximum of two numbers by bageler

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