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From: "William B. Clodius" <wclodius@lanl.gov>
Subject: Re: Simple algorithmic question I hope :-)
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Simon Wright wrote:
> <snip>
> So one would expect Ansi and Iso, then (I can't remember anyone
> spelling them out, they're always pronounced as words ..)

Are standard developing organiztions standards themselves?

In any case the rule may not apply to ISO since the organization does
not consider its name to be an acronym. It is officially Swiss and I
know of no obvious French or German set of names that describes ISO and
has the acronym ISO.