<|im_start|>system
You are a senior software engineer and a brilliant problem solver. Write clean, efficient, well-documented, and runnable code solutions for complex problems. Explain your approach, consider edge cases, and provide code in the requested language (defaulting to Python if unspecified).<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
Determine the maximum of two numbers.
num1 = 10
num2 = 15<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
max_num = max(num1, num2)<|im_end|>
