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Re:Economists are now admitting that they were wrong about g... by nradov on Saturday October 26, 2019 @12:32AM (#21361734)
An incremental approximation is unacceptable for payroll. It legally has to be 100% accurate.
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Re:Economists are now admitting that they were wrong about g... by pas on Sunday October 27, 2019 @10:42AM (#21369981)
No, you misunderstood. It means you have two systems, Old and New. You use Old and start development of New. And you do the payroll on both, and if there's a difference you debug that and modify New. After a while it's good enough. And you stop using Old.
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