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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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_