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		abjKT26nO8 on May 6, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bill Joy's greatest gift to man – the vi editor (2... But what does "chron" have to do with cron? Or was that a typo?

PEJOE on May 6, 2020 [–]

typo on my part, but the etymology of "cron," is related to "Chronos," if you didn't know

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