But what do you know about Crom?
What have they in common besides the (almost) identical names?
Let's see how the venerable cron compares to the imortal Crom!
| cron | Crom | |
|---|---|---|
| What is it? | Software time-based job scheduler for UNIX-like OSes. | Fictional Cimmerian deity of Hyborian Ages. |
| Uses | Schedule tasks to be executed, per user, with granularity of one minute. | Basically nothing. Some believe that he bestow men and women at birth with the courage to survive, persevere, and vanquish adversity. |
| Creation | 1979 (Version 7 UNIX). | 1932. Crom is the most venerable indeed. |
| Versions | Several (proprietary, open source and free software) implementations. | There is only one Crom, you hound dog son of a thousand fathers! |
| How to use it | Executing crontab -e, or editing the several files that comprises it's configuration | Invoke his name during an oath or curse. That's the only know safe way to mention him. |
| Known problems | It will issue error messages if you messed up with the expected syntax | He has little patience for weakness, which means asking him for help will make him to ignore you (at best) or really f@#$%&! you (at worst). |
