#ifndef MIN_H
#define MIN_H
#include <cstring>  //for the strcmp function

//Function declarations and definitions.
//T must be "less-than comparable."

template <typename T>
const T& min(const T& a, const T& b)
{
        if (b < a) {
                return b;
        } else {
                return a;
        }
}

const char *min(const char *a, const char *b)
{
        if (strcmp(b, a) < 0) {
               return b;
        } else {
               return a;
        }
}
#endif