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[Derek Atkins]

Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepfarm at mtdata.com> writes:

>>
>>I would expect it in Alphabetical Order, so "Speaker Fees" would appear
>>after "Salmon Cakes" and before "Stupid Tax".   :)
>>
>>  
>>
> No, accounts are usually grouped logically. Between those if/f Speaker
> Fees, Salmon Cakes, and Stupid Tax all belonged to the same logical
> group (under the same parent).

Sure, I was assuming it was all under e.g. Expenses:Foo:

The point being that you can logically group the accounts using
human-readable strings just as easily (and IMHO more modern-day human
friendly) than using numbers.  *ANYONE* could understand
"Expenses:Utilities:Water" and know that the account is for.  But if I
just said "$12,387 in account 4127", what would that mean?  You'd need
to *know* what "4127" meant, and your 4127 might not be the same as my
4127.  But "Ex:Ut:Water" works for anyone, anywhere (provided, of
course, you understand English).

-derek

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