Perl is a very popular language, that is used to set up various web applications and CGI scripts. A number of programmers consider it to be among the most practical languages these days because it supports the usage of modules - compact parts of code with pre-defined subroutines that are designed to execute a particular task. The modules will save you a lot of time and they will contribute to the rapid speed of your websites because you are able to add just one line of program code to call a certain module rather than using all of the program code for the task in your script. Perl is a universal programming language most often used for scripts, but it's been employed to generate a lot of popular pieces of web software as well, for example cPanel, BugZilla and Movable Type. It's also used on high-traffic sites such as IMDB, Craigslist, Ticketmaster and many more.
Perl Scripting in Website Hosting
In case you buy a Linux website hosting from our company, you can run Perl/CGI scripts without any problems as we have plenty of modules installed on the cloud platform where all the shared accounts are set up. With every single plan, you will have access to more than 3000 modules which you'll be able to employ in your scripts and you can find a full list in your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel along with the path which you need to use to gain access to them. In case you use any kind of script which you've downloaded from a third-party website, you can be sure that it will run perfectly whatever the modules it requires for that. Every .pl script can be executed manually or you can create a cron job to do this automatically at a specific time interval. In case your web hosting package does not include cron jobs, you are able to include this attribute with just a couple of clicks in the Upgrades area of your Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
All the semi-dedicated plans that we supply can run CGI scripts or all other applications written in Perl and since cron jobs are part of all packages, you can select if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. Also, you can benefit from a large library of over 3000 modules which are already installed on our servers and use their functions so as to save your time when you write your scripts. If you use a third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it needs a certain module in order to function effectively, we will have it since our library includes both widespread modules and less popular ones. You will be able to find the path to the modules that you need to use in our scripts in the Server Information drop-down menu of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel.