Re: ISO 3166 (country codes)- it rocks, it moves

[Patrick Andries]

Tex Texin wrote:

>
>Plus, since we tend to end up with most codes being mnemonic, we get
>errors when software or web developers just guess the code will be
>menmonic. (Why is Algeria DZ?)
>
For the same reason a Qatari TV station is called Al-Djazeera : a few 
islands in front of Algiers. The French then named those ex-departments 
by a name coined on the city (Alger -> Algérie).

Patrick