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		gaius on Nov 16, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Is Payroll Hard - Ron Jeffries It was written in Smalltalk.

masklinn on Nov 16, 2011 [–]

C3 was indeed, but payroll systems have been written in pretty much every language under the sun, I'm guessing chollida1 was talking generalities (and the mess described in the article is the kind of stuff you find in every payroll system)

chollida1 on Nov 16, 2011 | [–]

> I'm guessing chollida1 was talking generalities

I was yes.

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