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got internal error when running a simple but computationally intensive loop

Got the following on the GHCi prompt:

λ> main
<interactive>: internal error: Unable to commit 1048576 bytes of memory
    (GHC version 8.2.2 for x86_64_unknown_linux)
    Please report this as a GHC bug:  http://www.haskell.org/ghc/reportabug
Aborted (core dumped)

The program being run:

gaussian mean sigma x =
    exp (-0.5 * (x - mean) ^ 2 / sigma ^ 2) / (sigma * sqrt (2 * pi))

integrate :: (Double -> Double) -> (Double, Double) -> Double -> Double
integrate f (low, high) step = step * sum values
    where xs = [low, low+step .. high]
          values = f <$> xs

main = print $ integrate (gaussian 100 10) (-1 * 1e5, 1e5) 0.001
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Version 8.2.2
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component GHCi
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