Schedule type function in perl?

Is there a function in perl to allow me to schedule execution? Something like:

schedule('myfunction', 3);

Where 'myfunction' is executed in '3' seconds?

#Well, you could probably do something like this:

sleep(3), myfunction();

OR
# if you want a child carry on with processing while
# waiting for the scheduled function to occur...
if(fork == 0){
sleep(3);
myfunction();
exit;
}

# so you could write your own schedule function like this:
$func = "print(\"hello\")";
schedule(3,$func);
print "$func has been scheduled\n";

sub schedule($$){
if(fork() == 0){
my $sleep = shift;
my $cmd = shift;
#scheduled process
sleep $sleep;
eval($cmd);
exit;
}
}

Thanks a million! That's exactly what I was looking for.

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