Perl is a widespread scripting language that's regarded as being one of the most practical languages on the Internet. It's feature-rich and it's used to create a number of web-based applications and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the other languages on the internet is its compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a particular task which can be included in a script just by calling them i.e. you'll be able to write just one line within your script to get a module executed, rather than having the whole code that is already included in the module anyway. Since Perl supports a lot of other programming languages and it comes with a lot of options based on what a specific app can do, it is used by a number of well-known companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etcetera.
Perl Scripting in Hosting
Since Perl is set up on our cloud hosting platform, you're able to run Perl/CGI scripts with all of our hosting packages without difficulty. You can also do this automatically by using a cron job when your package comes with this feature. If not, you will be able to include cron jobs through the Upgrades area of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. Over 3000 Perl modules are offered on our servers and you can use any of them with your scripts. A complete list can be found inside the Control Panel and when you'd like to use any module, you simply have to add the path to our module library in your script. When third-party scripts which you want to include in your site require a specific module, for example, you don't have to worry whether they will run effectively or not. In this way, you'll be able to build a dynamic Internet site and offer hundreds of different functions to your visitors.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you would like to include CGI scripts on your websites or any other Perl-based application for that matter, you will not encounter any problems in the event that you use a semi-dedicated server account from our company. Thousands of Perl modules are installed on our machines and you are able to call each of them by including the path that you will find in your Control Panel into the script that you use. Any time you download some application from a third-party website, for instance, you can rest assured that you will be able to work with it no matter what modules it needs to function. Given that your .pl files have the right UNIX permissions to ensure they are executable, you'll be able to decide whether a given script will be executed manually by a guest doing something on your website, or automatically by creating a cron job inside your account. With the aforementioned option, your script can be run every day, hour or minute in accordance with your preference.