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A comment on Double-Entry Bookkeeping as a Directed Graph. Parent comment

Re:Double-Entry Bookkeeping as a Directed Graph by freedomben on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @01:18PM (#39993236)
It's easy! Debits add to the left, credits add to the right :-)

(to be clear, I'm backing up your point by giving the same circular explanation that I got constantly through Accounting 101 and 102, and then occasionally after that when dealing with the books)

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Re:Double-Entry Bookkeeping as a Directed Graph by lisper on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @01:46PM (#39993609)
Yeah, they should be called leftits and rightits. Or CARs and CDRs.
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