<|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
Find the maximum among three integers.
widget_1 = 8
widget_2 = 4
widget_3 = 12<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
maximum = max(widget_1, widget_2, widget_3)<|im_end|>
