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Hi, Why sum() on a 10-item vector produces a different value than its counterpart on a 2-item vector? I understand the problems related to the arithmetic precision in storing decimal numbers in binary format, but shouldn't the errors be equal regardless of the method used? See my example: > options(digits=22) > x=rep(.1,10) > x [1] 0.10000000000000001 0.10000000000000001