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Re:Double Entry Accounting for Developers by Krustopolis on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @11:45AM (#23976958)
Apples and oranges. By way of analogy, the OP was talking about C while you are describing building a commercial Windows app. DE accounting is a simple tool that can be used in complex ways.
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Re:Double Entry Accounting for Developers by inopinatus on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @08:27PM (#23982191)
OP is neither, it is in Python, but this merely demonstrates that accounting can be incorrect in any language.

The problem isn't just terminology, but when people use the term double-entry accounting interchangeably with double-entry book-keeping, they reveal how little they know about the subject matter, and how unqualified they are to be implementing either.

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