Perl is a well-known language, which is used to create various web applications and CGI scripts. A lot of programmers believe that it is one of the most practical languages in existence because it supports the usage of modules - compact parts of program code with pre-defined subroutines that are used to perform a specific task. The modules can save you lots of time and they can contribute to the quick loading speed of your sites because you will be able to add only one line of code to call a particular module rather than using all the program code for the process within your script. Perl is a universal language often used for scripts, but it's been employed to generate a lot of popular pieces of web software too, such as cPanel, BugZilla and Movable Type. It's also employed on high-traffic websites for example IMDB, Craigslist, Ticketmaster and many others.
Perl Scripting in Web Hosting
In case you buy a Linux web hosting package through our company, you can run Perl/CGI scripts without any problems because we have a large number of modules on the cloud platform where all the shared accounts are generated. With every single plan, you'll be given access to more than 3000 modules that you can use in your scripts and you can find the whole list inside your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel together with the path which you should use to gain access to them. When you use any script which you have downloaded from a third-party website, you can rest assured that it'll run properly whatever the modules it needs for that. Every .pl script can be executed manually or you'll be able to create a cron job to do this automatically at a given time interval. In case your hosting package does not include cron jobs, you will be able to include this feature with a couple of clicks in the Upgrades area of your Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
All the Linux semi-dedicated packages that we provide are capable of running CGI scripts or any other applications written in Perl and since cron jobs are a part of all our plans, you are able to decide if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. Also, you can use a large library of more than 3000 modules that are already set up on our servers and use their functions so as to save time when you create your scripts. In case you use some third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it needs a particular module so as to operate effectively, we will have it because our library includes both popular modules and less popular ones. You are able to view the path to the modules which you have to use in our scripts under the Server Information drop-down menu of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel.