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From: bob flandrena bobf@pla...
Subject: [9fans] Ghostscript 5.10
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 14:02:20 -0500

> Since the 386 kbase is 0x80100000 executables of more than a megabyte
> may pass this test.
> 
> In consultation with forsyth we think that
> 
> if (entrypoint >= kbase)
> 
> might be closer to the truth. Or even,
> 
> if ((entrypoint & kbase) == kbase)

we use the latter test in our code.  we changed this a couple
of years ago; i can't remember exactly how we found it, but it
was probably similar circumstances.