exactly. python has a doc for a reason. don't reinvent the wheel

It may be not so easy in different language probably

Because it seemed like the point of the kata was to actually program the maximum and minimum functions and think about how they work. It's a good excercise, but obviously not practical in a production environemnt.

I'd love to have an answer to this too. This solution seems quite straightforward. Perhaps it's something to do with performance? /shrugs