Perl is a widespread scripting language that is regarded as one of the most useful languages on the web. It's feature-rich and it's used to create a number of web-based applications and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the other languages out there is the compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a certain task which can be included in a script just by calling them which means that you'll be able to write only one line in your script to get an entire module executed, rather than having the whole program code which is already included in the module anyway. Because Perl is compatible with numerous other languages and it comes with a lot of functions depending on what a given application can do, it is used by a number of renowned companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and so on.
Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting
If you purchase a Linux shared hosting through our company, you will be able to run Perl/CGI scripts without any problems because we have plenty of modules installed on the cloud platform where all the shared accounts are created. With each plan, you'll get access to more than 3000 modules which you can use in your scripts and you will find the complete list inside your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel along with the path which you have to use so as to access them. Should you use any kind of script that you've downloaded from a third-party site, you can rest assured that it will function correctly no matter what modules it needs for that. Any kind of .pl script can be executed manually or you can set up a cron job to do this automatically at a given time interval. If your website hosting package does not include cron jobs, you can include this feature with just a few clicks inside the Upgrades section of your Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you wish to include CGI scripts on your websites or another Perl-based app for that matter, you won't encounter any sort of problems if you use a semi-dedicated server account from our company. Thousands of Perl modules are installed on our machines and you can call each of them by including the path that you will find in your Control Panel into the script that you've chosen. If you download some app from a third-party website, for instance, you can be sure that you'll be able to work with it no matter what modules it needs to work. As long as your .pl files have the appropriate UNIX permissions to make them executable, you are able to select whether a specific script will be run manually by a visitor doing something on your website, or automatically by creating a cron job in your account. When you use the aforementioned option, your script can be executed every day, hour or minute according to your preference.