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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
> There is an infinity of combinations of arguments to max that give -∞
> as the function result; what’s so special about distinguishing the
> empty argument list?

max is a two-argument function, just like +.  If you don't have two args
to give it, there is no result.