Oct. 2, 2000
3:37 p.m.
<<On 2 Oct 2000 05:45:40 -0000, ken@halcyon.com said:
political units, such as states/provinces/counties, etc.) I find it reasonable to accept the polical dependencies of the the "at least one entry per country" rule.
And furthermore, there are external authorities which make it possible to avoid deciding what constitutes a ``country''; this only breaks down when the international-affairs community willfully chooses to ignore reality. (But even Taiwan has its own ISO 3166 code, despite official claims that .TW == .CN.) -GAWollman