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Subject: Three letters country codes
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Date: 1 Sep 89 07:23:02 GMT
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On Wed, 30 Aug 89 23:16:28 GMT Daniel Ehrlich said:
>
>Are there not also three letter ISO codes for countries?  I was under
>the impression that either the two letter or the three letter code
>would work.  Maybe Austria should use the three letter code instead of
>`at'.  Just a thought passing through a fogged mind.
>
ISO is currently discouraging the use of the three letter codes, and is
considering dropping them entirely in the future.         /AF