cron versus Crom

Do you know cron? If you ever worked on a UNIX-like OS, it's very likely you do!

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).