Perl is a well-known computer language, that is employed to build various web apps and CGI scripts. Many programmers consider it to be among the most practical languages nowadays since it supports the use of modules - tiny bits of program code with pre-defined subroutines which are employed to perform a particular task. The modules can help you save time and effort and they will contribute to the fast loading speed of your websites since you can add only one line of program code to call a certain module instead of using all the code for the task within your script. Perl is a universal language generally used for scripts, but it has been employed to create a wide range of popular pieces of web software as well, like cPanel, BugZilla and Movable Type. It is also employed on high-traffic sites for example IMDB, Craigslist, Ticketmaster and many others.
Perl Scripting in Website Hosting
If you get a website hosting from us, you can execute Perl/CGI scripts without any problems as we have a lot of modules on the cloud hosting platform where all of the shared accounts are set up. With each plan, you will have access to more than 3000 modules which you can use in your scripts and you'll find the complete list within your Hepsia hosting Control Panel as well as the path which you need to use so as to get access to them. Should you use any script which you've downloaded from some third-party site, you can rest assured that it'll function correctly regardless of what modules it requires for that. Every .pl script can be executed manually or you can set up a cron job to do this automatically at a certain time interval. If your website hosting plan doesn't include cron jobs, you will be able to include this attribute with a few clicks in the Upgrades section of your Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
All semi-dedicated servers that we supply are capable of running CGI scripts or any other applications written in Perl and due to the fact that cron jobs are featured in all the plans, you will be able to choose if a given script will be executed manually or automatically on regular basis. Also, you can use a huge library of more than 3000 modules that are already set up on our servers and use their functions to save your 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 in order to work properly, we will have it since our library includes both widespread modules and less popular ones. You're able to view the path to the modules which you have to use in our scripts in the Server Information drop-down menu of the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel.