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ReplaceAll doesn't replace

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• Subject: [mg32550] ReplaceAll doesn't replace
• From: "Ken Morgan" <kmorga51 at calvin.edu>
• Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 04:08:16 -0500 (EST)
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

I understand how the following will replace x with the list

#^2 & /@ (x /. x -> {a, b, c})

to generate

{a^2, b^2, c^2}

But, why isn't x replaced at the beginning of the evaluation in the
following

(#^2 & /@ x) /. x -> {a, b, c}

since it generates

{a, b, c}

What I really want to know is: What is it about the Function function that
doesn't allow ReplaceAll to "replace all" at the beginning of an evaluation?

Thanks,
Ken Morgan
kmorga51 at calvin.edu

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