[R] summary gives inaccurate data

[Christoph M. Friedrich]

Hi,
using R64.1 the summary function for simple statistics of a vector gives
inaccurate
results for the maximum. 
Example:
summary(c(123456,1,2,3))

gives :

     Min.   1st Qu.    Median      Mean   3rd Qu.      Max. 
     1.00      1.75      2.50  30870.00  30870.00 123500.00 

The Max value ist wrong in a mathematical sense. I've tried with S-Plus,
it gives the same result,
but this seems to be inaccurate. 

Any suggestions for this problem

   Chris

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