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Re:Double-Entry Bookkeeping as a Directed Graph by dragonwriter on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @11:37AM (#39991930)
> This originally was intended to protect against typos;

Double entry bookkeeping is much older than typing, but, yes, its a check against incorrect entries.

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Re:Double-Entry Bookkeeping as a Directed Graph by jacques_chester on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @12:17PM (#39992433)
Speaking of history, I learned that the word "control" comes from contra rotulus -- roughly "checking against the wheel", which was apparently from an early medieval device for keeping tallies. The second meaning of "domination" came later.
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Re:Double-Entry Bookkeeping as a Directed Graph by ectopasm83 on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @12:05PM (#39992263)
Babylonian dogs walking on your clay tablet.
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Re:Double-Entry Bookkeeping as a Directed Graph by jimbokun on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @08:40PM (#39997259)
Cats, more likely.
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