#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define forn(i, n) for (int i = 0; i < int(n); i++)
#define ford(i, n) for (int i = int(n) - 1; i >= 0; i--)
#define fore(i, l, r) for (int i = int(l); i < int(r); i++)
#define correct(x, y, n, m) (0 <= (x) && (x) < (n) && 0 <= (y) && (y) < (m))
#define all(a) (a).begin(), (a).end()
#define sz(a) int((a).size())
#define pb(a) push_back(a)
#define mp(x, y) make_pair((x), (y))
#define x first
#define y second

using namespace std;

typedef long long li;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair<int, int> pt;

template<typename X> inline X abs(const X& a) { return a < 0? -a: a; }
template<typename X> inline X sqr(const X& a) { return a * a; }

const int INF = int(1e9);
const li INF64 = li(1e18);
const ld EPS = 1e-9, PI = 3.1415926535897932384626433832795;

#define x1 ____x1
#define y1 ____y1

li x1, y1;
li x2, y2;

inline bool read() {
    if (!(cin >> x1 >> y1)) return false;
    assert(cin >> x2 >> y2);
    return true;
}

inline void solve() {
    cout << max(abs(x1 - x2), abs(y1 - y2)) << endl;
}

int main() {
#ifdef SU1
    assert(freopen("input.txt", "rt", stdin));
    //assert(freopen("output.txt", "wt", stdout));
#endif

    cout << setprecision(10) << fixed;
    cerr << setprecision(5) << fixed;

    while (read()) {
        solve();
        //break;
    }

    return 0;
}