Re: double vs. single entry

[fabio guillermo rojas]

On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, William Dickens wrote:

> Does anyone answering here know any accounting or are people just guessing?

Just enter "double entry accounting" into google and you can easily
find some answers. It hard for us modern people to understand, but
simply accounting techniques can make a world of difference
of semi-literate people like medieval Europeans. Bryan asked
about negative numbers, and as any historian can tell you, it
took a long time for negative numbers to become widespread.

Fabio