Mathematically Find Max Value without Conditional Comparison

Question

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Answer 1

please look at this program.. this might be the best answer till date on this page...

#include 

int main()
{
    int a,b;
    a=3;
    b=5;
    printf("%d %d\n",a,b);
    b = (a+b)-(a=b); // this line is doing the reversal
    printf("%d %d\n",a,b);
    return 0;
}