Alain LaBonté scripsit:
> For example, if Québec (a territory currently 3 times as big as France)
> eventually became a country it would have its code... and the current
> numeric code for Canada would designate a different territory... Would
> that mean even a different numeric code for the new country designated
> as Canada?
But this is a question about the stability of countries, not the
stability of codes for countries. Code stability is compromised
if Canada changes from 124 to 888, not if Canada changes its boundaries.
> http://iquebec.ifrance.com/cyberiel/ProvCanada.jpg
IIRC it was a Huron who, when asked where he and the Cartier expedition
were, replied "kanata" = "at the village", thus beginning what is
certainly the most massive extension of a name in human history.
-- John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> http://www.reutershealth.com I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_
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