Perl is a widely used scripting language that is regarded as being one of the most useful programming languages in the online world. It is feature-rich and it's used to generate a number of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the alternative languages on the market is the compatibility with modules - sets of commands for a particular task which can be included in a script just by calling them which means that you can write a single line within your script to get an entire module executed, rather than having the entire code that's already included in the module anyway. Since Perl supports numerous other languages and it provides a lot of options based on what a specific application can do, it is used by numerous well-known companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and so on.
Perl Scripting in Cloud Hosting
Provided you obtain a Linux cloud package through us, you can execute Perl/CGI scripts without any problems as we have a large number of modules present on the cloud hosting platform where all the shared accounts are generated. With each and every package, you will be given access to over 3000 modules that you will be able to use in your scripts and you'll find the entire list inside your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel as well as the path that you need to use to get access to them. When you use any kind of script that you've downloaded from some third-party website, you can be sure that it'll work correctly no matter what modules it requires for that. Every .pl script can be executed manually or you will be able to set up a cron job to do this automatically at a certain time interval. In case your web hosting package does not feature cron jobs, you can include this attribute with a couple of clicks inside the Upgrades area of the Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
All Linux semi-dedicated packages that we provide are capable of running CGI scripts or various other apps written in Perl and since cron jobs are part of all packages, you are able to choose if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on regular basis. Also, you can take advantage of a vast library of over 3000 modules which are already set up on our servers and use their features in order to save your time when you write your scripts. In case you use a third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it requires some module in order to work properly, we will have it because our library contains both widespread modules and less popular ones. You're able to view the path to the modules that you have to use in our scripts in the Server Information drop-down menu of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel.