Which is why other platforms started moving from cron to init years ago?

OS X:

> Note: Although it is still supported, cron is not a recommended solution. It has been deprecated in favor of launchd. [1]

Solaris:

> cron has had a long reign as the arbiter of scheduled system tasks on Unix systems. However, it has some critical flaws that make its use somewhat fraught. [...] cron also lacks validation, error handling, dependency management, and a host of other features. [...] The Periodic Restarter is a delegated restarter, at svc:/system/svc/periodic-restarter:default, that allows the creation of SMF services that represent scheduled or periodic tasks. [2]

[1]: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Ma...

[2]: https://blogs.oracle.com/SolarisSMF/entry/cron_begone_predic...