Perl is a very popular programming language, that is employed to build various web applications and CGI scripts. Many programmers believe that it is among the most practical programming languages available since it supports the use of modules - compact parts of program code with pre-defined subroutines which are employed to execute a particular task. The modules can save you a lot of time and they can contribute to the fast speed of your websites as you are able to include just one line of program code to call a certain module instead of using all the code for the process within your script. Perl is a versatile language often used for scripts, but it has been employed to create lots of popular pieces of web software too, for example cPanel, BugZilla and Movable Type. It's also used on high-traffic websites such as IMDB, Craigslist, Ticketmaster and many more.
Perl Scripting in Website Hosting
Provided you obtain a website hosting package through us, you are able to execute Perl/CGI scripts without any problems because we have numerous modules on the cloud hosting platform where the shared accounts are created. With every single plan, you will be given access to more than 3000 modules which you can use in your scripts and you'll find the whole list in your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel as well as the path which you need to use so as to access them. When you use any script that you've downloaded from a third-party website, you can be sure that it will run flawlessly regardless of what modules it needs for that. Any .pl script can be executed manually or you will be able to create a cron job to do this automatically at a pre-set time interval. If your web hosting package doesn't feature cron jobs, you'll be able to add this option with a couple of clicks within the Upgrades section of your Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
All the Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages that we offer can run CGI scripts or any other apps developed in Perl and considering that cron jobs are included in all our plans, you are able to decide if a given script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. What's more, you can benefit from a huge library of more than 3000 modules that are already installed on our servers and use their features so as to save time when you write your scripts. In case you use a third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that in case it requires some module to function properly, we'll have it because our library includes both widely used modules and less popular ones. You'll be able to see the path to the modules which you need to use in our scripts under the Server Information drop-down menu of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel.