The slightly evil expression:

(-2147483648::Int) `div` (-1::Int)

Can produce floating point exceptions in GHCi:

$ ghci-6.6 
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/ /_\\/ __  / /___| |      http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
\____/\/ /_/\____/|_|      Type :? for help.

Loading package base ... linking ... done.
Prelude> (-2147483648::Int) `div` (-1::Int)
zsh: floating point exception (core dumped)  ghci-6.6

Compiled:

$ cat A.hs
main = print $ (-2147483648::Int) `div` (-1::Int)

$ ghc A.hs

$ ./a.out 
zsh: floating point exception (core dumped)  ./a.out

Compiled -O:

$ ghc -O -no-recomp A.hs

$ ./a.out               
zsh: floating point exception (core dumped)  ./a.out

In Hugs:

Hugs.Base> (-2147483648::Int) `div` (-1::Int)
Unexpected signal

A C test cases:

$ cat t.c
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    printf("%d\n",((int)(-2147483648)) / ((int)(-1)));
    return 0;
}

$ gcc t.c
t.c: In function `main':
t.c:4: warning: this decimal constant is unsigned only in ISO C90
t.c:4: warning: integer overflow in expression

$ ./a.out 
-2147483648

Another:

$ cat t.c
#include <stdio.h>

main () {
    int i = -2147483648;
    int j = -1;
    int k = i / j;
    printf("%d\n", k);
}

$ gcc t.c
t.c: In function `main':
t.c:4: warning: this decimal constant is unsigned only in ISO C90

$ ./a.out 
zsh: floating point exception (core dumped)  ./a.out

What does H98 say about this?

-- Don

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Trac field	Value
Version	6.6
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Compiler
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