#include<iostream>
#include<vector>
#include<algorithm>
#include<cstdio>
#include<cmath>
#include<string>
using namespace std;
int main(){
    long long PX,PY,QX,QY,X,Y,num;
    double ans;
    cin >> PX >> PY >> QX >> QY;
    X = QX-PX;
    Y = QY-PY;
    if(X<0) X*=-1;
    if(Y<0) Y*=-1;
    num = (X+Y)/2;
    ans = num;
    if((X+Y)%2) ans+=0.5;
    cout << ans;
    return 0;
}