Perl is an excellent programming language which is regularly used for making CGI scripts and different web-based apps. One of its key pros is that it supports modules - ready-made batches of program code which are employed to do multiple tasks and to increase the performance of a certain script without clogging it with unneeded lines of program code. To put it simply, in the event that five processess need to be performed, you'll be able to use five lines of code in order to call each of the modules instead of including a large number of lines used to generate the actual modules inside your script. Perl is very useful and it may be used for multiple purposes, so a number of companies have implemented it in their web products or on their resource-demanding sites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and a lot more. It's commonly used with other languages for example PHP or Python.
Perl Scripting in Cloud Hosting
Provided you obtain a Linux cloud hosting from our company, you are able to run Perl/CGI scripts without any problems as we have a large number of modules present on the cloud hosting platform where the shared accounts are set up. With each package, you'll get access to over 3000 modules which you can use in your scripts and you'll find the whole list in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel together with the path that you need to use to be able to access them. When you use any script which you've downloaded from a third-party site, you can be sure that it'll run correctly regardless of 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. In case your hosting package does not feature cron jobs, you can include this option with just a couple of clicks inside the Upgrades section of the Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Perl is supported on all our servers, so if you purchase a semi-dedicated server account from us, you'll be able to use any custom or ready-made CGI script or another Perl-based web application without any difficulties. To save your time and efforts, we've also installed several thousand modules which you will be able to employ. You can see the path to the library in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel and include any module within your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for example, will need certain modules, in order to operate effectively. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, can be done in two separate ways - manually, if a website visitor does a specific action on your website, or automatically, if you set up a cron job from your account. In the second case, you will be able to select the interval according to what your script will do and how often you'd like it to run - once a minute, hour, day, etc.