Perl is a widespread programming language, that is employed to create various web applications and CGI scripts. A lot of programmers consider it to be among the most efficient programming languages nowadays as it supports the usage of modules - tiny pieces of program code with pre-defined subroutines that are employed to perform a certain task. The modules can help you save lots of time and they will contribute to the fast loading speed of your sites because you'll be able to include only 1 line of program code to call a given module instead of using all of the program code for the process in your script. Perl is a universal language generally used for scripts, but it has been employed to generate many popular pieces of web software as well, like cPanel, BugZilla and Movable Type. It is also used on high-traffic sites like IMDB, Craigslist, Ticketmaster and many others.
Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting
Provided you get a Linux shared hosting service through our company, you'll be able to execute Perl/CGI scripts without a problem since we have numerous modules installed on the cloud hosting platform where all of the shared accounts are generated. With each package, you will get access to over 3000 modules which you will be able to employ in your scripts and you can find the full list inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel together with the path that you need to use in order to access them. Should you use any kind of script that you have downloaded from some third-party website, you can be sure that it'll function correctly whatever the modules it requires for that. Every .pl script can be executed manually or you will be able to set up a cron job to do this automatically at a certain time interval. If your website hosting package doesn't come with cron jobs, you are able to add this option with a few clicks within the Upgrades section of your Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you wish to include CGI scripts on your sites or some other Perl-based application for that matter, you won't experience any problems in case you use a semi-dedicated server account from our company. Thousands of Perl modules are set up on our servers and you are able to call them by adding 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 example, you can be sure that you'll be able to use it no matter what modules it requires to work. Given that your .pl files include the proper UNIX permissions to make them executable, you are able to choose whether a given script will be executed manually by a visitor doing something on your website, 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.