Perl is a popular language, that is used to create various web apps and CGI scripts. Lots of programmers believe that it is among the most efficient programming languages available as it supports the use of modules - tiny bits of program code with pre-defined subroutines which are designed to execute a certain task. The modules can help you save lots of time and they can contribute to the quick speed of your websites because you can include just a single line of code to call a specific module rather than using all the program code for the task in your script. Perl is a versatile language primarily used for scripts, but it's been employed to create many popular pieces of web software too, such as cPanel, BugZilla and Movable Type. It is also used on high-traffic sites which includes IMDB, Craigslist, Ticketmaster and many more.
Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting
Provided you purchase a shared plan through us, you're able to run Perl/CGI scripts without any problems since we have a lot of modules installed on the cloud platform where the shared accounts are set up. With each plan, you'll get access to over 3000 modules that you're able to use in your scripts and you will find a full list inside your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel together with the path which you should use in order to access them. When you use any kind of script that you have downloaded from some third-party site, you can rest assured that it will run correctly no matter what modules it requires for that. Any kind of .pl script can be executed manually or you will be able to set up a cron job to do this automatically at a given time interval. If your website hosting plan doesn't come with cron jobs, you can add this attribute with a few clicks inside the Upgrades section of the Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you want to include CGI scripts on your sites or another Perl-based application for that matter, you will not have any sort of problems in case you use a semi-dedicated server account from our company. Thousands of Perl modules are set up on our machines and you can call any of them by adding the path which you will find in your Control Panel into the script that you've selected. Any time you download some app from a third-party website, for instance, you can rest assured that you will be able to use it whatever the modules it needs to function. Given that your .pl files include the right UNIX permissions to be executable, you're able to select whether a certain script will be run manually by a guest doing something on your website, or automatically by creating a cron job inside your account. Using the second option, your script can be run every minute, hour or day depending on your preference.