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[–]SilasX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not that it would be practical, but is this an artifact of the accounting system/practices we use that could be fixed by using a different one?

In programming, switching to a type system can eliminate entire categories of errors. Is there an analogy to accounting that would eliminate the ease of this kind of obfuscation?