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"Given two [[Comparable]] values, return largest of the two.
 
 If exactly one of the given values violates the reflexivity 
 requirement of [[Object.equals]] such that `x!=x`, then the 
 other value is returned. In particular, if exactly one is 
 an [[undefined `Float`|Float.undefined]], it is not 
 returned.
 
 _On the JVM platform, for arguments of type `Integer` or 
 `Float`, prefer [[Integer.largest]] or [[Float.largest]]
 in performance-sensitive code._"
see (`interface Comparable`, 
     `function smallest`, 
     `function max`, 
     `function Integer.largest`,
     `function Float.largest`)
tagged("Comparisons")
shared Element largest(Element x, Element y) 
        given Element satisfies Comparable 
        => if (x!=x || y>x) then y else x;