Perl is a widespread scripting language that is considered to be one of the most useful languages in the online world. It is feature-rich and it is used to set up multiple web-based applications and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the other languages on the web is the compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a particular task that can be integrated into a script by simply calling them i.e. you are able to write only one line in your script to get an entire module executed, instead of having the entire code that is already a part of the module anyway. Because Perl supports various other programming languages and it provides a lot of options depending on what a particular app can do, it's used by lots of renowned companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.
Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting
Perl is available with all Linux shared hosting packages that we provide and you are able to execute any type of .pl file that you upload in your account thanks to the File Manager of the Control Panel or some FTP program. The latter will enable you to create a site with all of the options that you would like your visitors to have, but PHP does not provide. You can execute a script either manually or automatically using a cron job. Our plans come with numerous Perl modules that you are able to employ and you will see the full list in your hosting account in addition to the path that you have to include in your scripts, in order to be able to access these modules. In case you would like to execute a Perl/CGI script with a cron job yet your package doesn't offer this feature, you can include as many cron jobs as you need from the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of the website hosting Control Panel.