Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Math
Imports System.Collections.Generic
 
public class E512IO
    public separator as char = " "
    private reads() as String
    private index as Int32
    public sub new (Optional ByVal autoflush as boolean = true)
        dim sw = new StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput())
        sw.AutoFlush = autoflush
        Console.SetOut(sw)
        me.reads = new String(){}
        me.index = 0
    end sub
    protected overrides sub Finalize ()
        Console.Out.Flush()
    end sub
    private function NextValue () as String
        me.index += 1
        if me.index > me.reads.Length then
            me.reads = Console.ReadLine().Split(separator)
            me.index = 0
        end if
        return me.reads(me.index)
    end function
    private function  NextLine () as String()
        me.reads = Console.ReadLine().Split(separator)
        me.index = me.reads.Length
        return me.reads
    end function
    public function NextIntArray () as Int32()
        dim t = me.NextLine() : dim r(t.Length-1) as Int32
        for i as Int32 = 0 to t.Length - 1 : r(i) = Int32.Parse(t(i)) : next i
        return r
    end function
    public function NextLongArray () as Int64()
        dim t = me.NextLine() : dim r(t.Length-1) as Int64
        for i as Int32 = 0 to t.Length - 1 : r(i) = Int64.Parse(t(i)) : next i
        return r
    end function
    public function NextDoubleArray () as Double()
        dim t = me.NextLine() : dim r(t.Length-1) as Double
        for i as Int32 = 0 to t.Length - 1 : r(i) = Double.Parse(t(i)) : next i
        return r
    end function
    public function NextStringArray () as String()
        return me.NextLine()
    end function
    public function NextIntList () as List(of Int32)
        dim t = me.NextLine() : dim r as new List(of Int32)
        for i as Int32 = 0 to t.Length - 1 : r.Add(Int32.Parse(t(i))) : next i
        return r
    end function
    public function NextLongList () as List(of Int64)
        dim t = me.NextLine() : dim r as new List(of Int64)
        for i as Int32 = 0 to t.Length - 1 : r.Add(Int64.Parse(t(i))) : next i
        return r
    end function
    public function NextDoubleList () as List(of Double)
        dim t = me.NextLine() : dim r as new List(of Double)
        for i as Int32 = 0 to t.Length - 1 : r.Add(Double.Parse(t(i))) : next i
        return r
    end function
    public function NextStringList () as List(of String)
        dim t = me.NextLine() : dim r as new List(of String)
        for i as Int32 = 0 to t.Length - 1 : r.Add(t(i)) : next i
        return r
    end function
    public function NextInt () as Int32
        return Int32.Parse(me.NextValue())
    end function
    public function NextLong () as Int64
        return Int64.Parse(me.NextValue())
    end function
    public function NextDouble () as Double
        return Double.Parse(me.NextValue())
    end function
    public function NextString () as String
        return me.NextValue()
    end function
end class
 
class Program
    shared sub main ()
        dim io as new E512IO()
        dim a = io.NextInt()
        dim b = io.NextInt()
        Console.WriteLine(Max(Max(a+b, a-b), a*b))
    end sub
end class

Measured memory_bytes: 22096