=begin pod =head1 NAME Ben - a bookkeeping and accounting system written in Perl 6 This project is named after a real-life Ben, an accountant who saw the potential benefits of a small computer for a small accounting business long before such an idea was normal, and before the IBM PC existed. Ben lacked all understanding of the workings of the machines, and had no comparable installations to refer to. Nevertheless Ben committed lots of time and money through thick and thin to the development of several very effective computer based accounting systems. Although those early systems no longer exist, many ideas flowed from them into this project.