Perl is a powerful programming language which is regularly used for creating CGI scripts and a number of web-based applications. One of its main pros is that it supports modules - ready-made batches of code which are employed to execute multiple tasks and to enhance the performance of a given script without slowing it with unnecessary lines of program code. To put it simply, when five jobs need to be performed, you are able to use five lines of program code to call each one of the modules instead of adding a large number of lines used to set up the actual modules inside your script. Perl is very handy and it can be used for multiple purposes, so a number of companies have integrated it in their web products or on their resource-demanding websites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and a lot more. It's ordinarily used in addition to other languages such as PHP or Python.
Perl Scripting in Hosting
If you acquire a Linux hosting package from us, you are able to execute Perl/CGI scripts without a problem as we have a large number of modules present on the cloud platform where all of the shared accounts are set up. With each and every plan, you'll be given access to more than 3000 modules that you are able to employ in your scripts and you will find the entire list within your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel as well as the path which you should use so as to be able to access them. Should you use any script that you've downloaded from some third-party website, you can rest assured that it'll function perfectly whatever the modules it needs for that. Any kind of .pl script can be executed manually or you'll be able to set up a cron job to do this automatically at a certain time interval. If your website hosting plan doesn't feature cron jobs, you're able to add this attribute with just a couple of clicks in the Upgrades area of the Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you would like to include CGI scripts on your sites or any other Perl-based app for that matter, you won't encounter any sort of problems if you use a semi-dedicated server account from us. Thousands of Perl modules are installed on our servers and you can call them by including the path that you will find in your Control Panel into the script that you've selected. Every time you download some app from a third-party site, for instance, you can rest assured that you will be able to use it whatever the modules it requires to function. Given that your .pl files have the appropriate UNIX permissions to ensure they are executable, you are able to select whether a particular script will be executed manually by a visitor doing something on your site, or automatically by creating a cron job in your account. Using the latter option, your script can be run every day, hour or minute depending on your preference.