5 ms·

cron worked just fine and seemingly was perfect for the job for decades and dozens of operating systems. What happened?

• akerl_ 2y ago
  It didn’t and wasn’t.
• vetinari 2y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41578676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41578676 See the last point.
  • egorfine 2y ago
    Got it. One man's Unix philosophy is another man's "rag-tag of tools".
    • vetinari 2y ago
      Well, a part of the unix philosophy is "doing it well". The "rag-tag of tools" are usually missing that part.