diff --git a/BREAKING-CHANGES.md b/BREAKING-CHANGES.md
index 2977ffe9a..e11efd135 100644
--- a/BREAKING-CHANGES.md
+++ b/BREAKING-CHANGES.md
@@ -1041,13 +1041,15 @@ list its poles beside the other points it has no value at, which says nothing ne
 
 **Silent: `max(x, x)` and `min(x, x)` simplify to `x provided x in RR`, where they were `x`.** The complex numbers are
 not ordered, and both nodes are read over the reals, so `max(i, i)` has no value. Their condition said they were
-defined everywhere, and `max(x, x)` simplified to `x`, which has a value at `i`. A comparison of two real arguments is
-unchanged ([#2256](https://github.com/asc-community/AngouriMath/issues/2256)).
+defined everywhere, and `max(x, x)` simplified to `x`, which has a value at `i`. Compiled by either compiler over
+`Complex`, `max(x, x)` was `x` there too, and is `NaN`. A comparison of two real arguments is unchanged
+([#2256](https://github.com/asc-community/AngouriMath/issues/2256)).
 
 | Input | Was (2.6.0) | Now |
 |---|---|---|
 | `"max(x, x)".ToEntity().Simplify()` | `x` | `x provided x in RR` |
 | `"max(x, 2)".ToEntity().DomainCondition` | `True` | `x in RR` |
+| `"max(x, x)".ToEntity().Compile("x").Call(new Complex(0.5, 1.2))` | `<0.5; 1.2>` | `<NaN; NaN>` |
 
 ### Over the complex numbers, an equation in and out of a modulus is solved in the parts of `x`
 
diff --git a/Sources/AngouriMath/Functions/Compilation/RealOnly.cs b/Sources/AngouriMath/Functions/Compilation/RealOnly.cs
index b9841f1dc..2e8542681 100644
--- a/Sources/AngouriMath/Functions/Compilation/RealOnly.cs
+++ b/Sources/AngouriMath/Functions/Compilation/RealOnly.cs
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ public static NumericsComplex Mod(NumericsComplex a, NumericsComplex b)
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// The larger of two numbers, or NaN where they differ and are not both real: the complex
-        /// numbers are not ordered, and the interpreter leaves <c>max(2, 1 + i)</c> unevaluated.
-        /// Two equal arguments are their own maximum, which the interpreter says as well.
+        /// The larger of two numbers, or NaN where they are not both real: the complex numbers are
+        /// not ordered, and the interpreter leaves <c>max(2, 1 + i)</c> unevaluated and gives
+        /// <c>max(i, i)</c> no value. Two equal complex arguments had themselves for a maximum
+        /// here after the interpreter stopped saying so, and compiled <c>max(x, x)</c> was
+        /// <c>x</c> off the real line. https://github.com/asc-community/AngouriMath/issues/2256
         /// </summary>
         public static NumericsComplex Max(NumericsComplex a, NumericsComplex b)
             => Ordered(a, b, larger: true);
@@ -59,9 +61,9 @@ public static NumericsComplex Min(NumericsComplex a, NumericsComplex b)
             => Ordered(a, b, larger: false);
 
         private static NumericsComplex Ordered(NumericsComplex a, NumericsComplex b, bool larger)
-            => a == b ? a
-             : a.Imaginary is not 0 || b.Imaginary is not 0 || double.IsNaN(a.Real) || double.IsNaN(b.Real)
+            => a.Imaginary is not 0 || b.Imaginary is not 0 || double.IsNaN(a.Real) || double.IsNaN(b.Real)
                 ? new NumericsComplex(double.NaN, double.NaN)
+             : a == b ? a
              : new NumericsComplex(larger == a.Real >= b.Real ? a.Real : b.Real, 0);
     }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/Tests/UnitTests/Convenience/MaxMinOffTheRealLineTest.cs b/Sources/Tests/UnitTests/Convenience/MaxMinOffTheRealLineTest.cs
index 7e69ac762..0b4793036 100644
--- a/Sources/Tests/UnitTests/Convenience/MaxMinOffTheRealLineTest.cs
+++ b/Sources/Tests/UnitTests/Convenience/MaxMinOffTheRealLineTest.cs
@@ -52,5 +52,28 @@ public void ASimplificationHasNoValueWhereTheOriginalHasNone(string expression)
             Assert.True(simplified.Substitute("x", "i".ToEntity()).Evaled.IsNaN, $"{simplified} at i");
             Assert.Equal(Entity.Number.Integer.Create(3), simplified.Substitute("x", 3).Evaled);
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Compiled, they have no value where evaluation has none. FastExpression and the LINQ
+        /// compiler over <c>Complex</c> answered <c>max(x, x)</c> at <c>1/2 + 6/5 i</c> with
+        /// <c>1/2 + 6/5 i</c>, and so <c>max(x, x) * 2</c> with <c>1 + 12/5 i</c>.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("max(x, x)")]
+        [InlineData("min(x, x)")]
+        [InlineData("max(x, x) * 2")]
+        public void CompiledItHasNoValueWhereEvaluationHasNone(string expression)
+        {
+            var entity = expression.ToEntity();
+            var fastExpression = entity.Compile("x");
+            var linq = entity.Compile<System.Numerics.Complex, System.Numerics.Complex>("x");
+            var offTheLine = new System.Numerics.Complex(0.5, 1.2);
+            Assert.True(double.IsNaN(fastExpression.Call(offTheLine).Real), $"FastExpression gives {fastExpression.Call(offTheLine)}");
+            Assert.True(double.IsNaN(linq(offTheLine).Real), $"LINQ gives {linq(offTheLine)}");
+            var onTheLine = new System.Numerics.Complex(0.5, 0);
+            var value = entity.Substitute("x", "1/2".ToEntity()).EvalNumerical().RealPart.EDecimal.ToDouble();
+            Assert.Equal(value, fastExpression.Call(onTheLine).Real);
+            Assert.Equal(value, linq(onTheLine).Real);
+        }
     }
 }