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Re:Accounting For Developers, Part I by lelanthran on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @01:26PM (#32499228)
> Accounting was invented before negative numbers.

Counting was invented before negative numbers, but "double-entry accounting", which is what people refer to when they say debit and credit, was only invented in the 18th century, IIRC.

Re:Accounting For Developers, Part I by vlmutolo on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @01:39PM (#32499420)
It likely originated in late 13th century Italy.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-entry_bookkeeping