I often find myself only having the barebones stock Solaris installation. Installing a Perl Module is out of the question. Putting a function together might be too involved. The algorithms I've put together seem to work okay though so I guess it'll just be wishful thinking for the time being.
"The three principal virtues of a programmer are Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris. See the Camel Book for why." -- `man perl`