Perl is a widespread scripting language that's regarded as being one of the most useful programming languages on the web. It's feature-rich and it is used to create multiple web-based apps and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the other languages out there is the compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a particular job that can be integrated into a script by calling them i.e. you can write a single line inside your script to get a whole module executed, instead of having the whole code that's already a part of the module anyway. As Perl is compatible with many other languages and it features a lot of options based on what a specific application can do, it's used by many famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.
Perl Scripting in Shared Web Hosting
Perl is available with all of the shared web hosting that we supply and you will be able to execute any type of .pl file which you upload in your account thanks to the File Manager of the Control Panel or some FTP software. The aforementioned will enable you to create a website with all of the functions that you would like your visitors to have, but PHP can't supply. You can execute a script either manually or automatically with a cron job. Our packages come with countless Perl modules which you'll be able to use and you can see the whole list in your hosting account as well as the path which you should use in your scripts, so as to be able to access these modules. If you'd like to execute a Perl/CGI script with a cron job yet your package does not offer this feature, you will be able to add as many cron jobs as you need via the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of your hosting Control Panel.