Perl is an efficient programming language which is widely used for setting up CGI scripts and different web-based apps. One of its main pros is the fact that it works with modules - ready-made batches of code that are employed to perform multiple tasks and to extend the performance of a certain script without slowing it with unneeded lines of code. This means that, in the event that five jobs need to be executed, you'll be able to use five lines of program code to call each one of the modules instead of adding a large number of lines used to create the actual modules in your script. Perl is very practical and it may be used for many different purposes, so many corporations have included it in their web products or on their high-traffic websites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It's generally used with other languages such as PHP or Python.
Perl Scripting in Cloud Hosting
If you acquire a cloud plan through our company, you can execute Perl/CGI scripts without any problems since we have plenty of modules present on the cloud platform where the shared accounts are set up. With each plan, you'll get access to over 3000 modules that you will be able to use in your scripts and you can find the complete list inside your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel together with the path that you need to use so as to be able to access them. Should you use any script which you've downloaded from a third-party website, you can rest assured that it will work correctly no matter what modules it requires for that. Any kind of .pl script can be executed manually or you can create a cron job to do this automatically at a given time interval. In case your website hosting package does not come with cron jobs, you can add this option with a few clicks inside the Upgrades area of your Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
All of the semi-dedicated hosting plans that we supply are capable of running CGI scripts or various other applications developed in Perl and since cron jobs are part of all our packages, you are able to choose if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on regular basis. What is more, you can take advantage of a large library of over 3000 modules that are already installed on our servers and use their functions in order to save your time when you create your scripts. In the event that you use a third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it requires a specific module to run efficiently, we'll have it as our library features both popular modules and less popular ones. You are able to see the path to the modules that you should use in our scripts in the Server Information drop-down menu of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel.