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by youzicha 853 days ago
Sure I understand that, but nevertheless I have seen at least 3 people who were confused in the same way. (c.f. https://youzicha.tumblr.com/post/728810860450136065). I think the issue is that if you see an equation f(c) = c you think about trying to evaluate the function f at the point c, since that's what you do in almost all other situations involving a function call.