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Here's one for computer scientists: "Accounting for Computer Scientists" by Martin Kleppmann [1]. It was discussed on HN [2]. There have been several reposts of it since then, including one 8 months ago, but only the original got any discussion.

[1] https://martin.kleppmann.com/2011/03/07/accounting-for-compu...

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2298471



Yeah, Klepperman's is the best explanation I've read of accounting. (And I had a college course on the subject). The clarity of it reminds me of the classic "Calculus Made Easy" text.

In contrast, the article in this post is terrible. Tons of footnotes referring to exceptions. I feel like the author is trying to summarize a subject he doesn't understand himself.




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