Reply to post: Re: Reversing the debits into credits?

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Re: Reversing the debits into credits?

Reminds me of the time I tried to help a young programmer (ex-YTS trainee, but with a lot of natural talent) simplify an accounting system he was writing. To save needing two separate routines for credits and debits, I recommended simply multiplying by a value which would be either -1 for debits or +1 for credits, the rest of the calculation being identical. Unfortunately his maths knowledge wasn't great and he didn't trust my solution.

25 years later, he's now CEO of the same firm (its direct descendant, to be exact).

Icon: closest thing to an old fart I could find.

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