bug in Hugs 1.4 and 1.3c arithmetic (Number library)

[Carl R. Witty]

In Hugs 1.4 (January 1998), if I type the following commands:
        :l Number
        (minBound::Number) * -1
hugs dies with the error message "Unexpected signal".

A similar thing happens with Hugs 1.3c, except that the error is
"Floating exception".

Random info:

uname -a:
Linux gemini 2.0.29 #4 Thu Oct 23 00:34:55 PDT 1997 i686 unknown
gcc -v:
gcc version 2.7.2.3

I compiled the hugs-1.3c myself; the hugs 1.4 was the Debian packaged
version:
ii  hugs            1.4.199801-1   A Haskell interpreter

Carl Witty
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