Can't run PERL scripts on a shared server?

[Hotkitty]

I've been trying to setup a connection w/ a shared server at
godaddy.com. The script won't work and when I called them they tell me
that because I don't have a dedicated server that I can't run a perl
script and so I need to upgrade my account. I can access the shared
server w/ PHP....why can't I do it w/ PERL? I've gotten bullsh*t
answers from tech support before so thought I'd check here to see if,
indeed, I need to upgrade my account or switch hosting providers. Is
tech support right?

[J. Peng]

It's descided by Godaddy. If they don't permit running CGI, you most
probably can't run the Perl scripts.Many web hosting providers have
Perl/CGI enabled, you can try another one.
But most providers disabled mod_perl, b/c it's so powerful that has
the ability to harm the webservers.

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[Teo]

Dear Hotkitty,

your question has nothing to do with Perl and we (this newsgroup)
cannot do much. Perl is a software piece and the fact that your
provider installs it and makes it available is only a matter of what
they want to offer.

There is no technical reason to give you access or not to a Perl
interpreter just marketing. If you are unhappy look for another
provider.

Matteo

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> ""J" == "J Peng" <peng...@gmail.com> writes:

"J> But most providers disabled mod_perl, b/c it's so powerful that has
"J> the ability to harm the webservers.

Not so much "harm" as just "the security model presumes a single user
across all of the possible code".

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