There are numerous programming languages that are used by hosting services to hold content for clients. Two such languages are Perl and PHP. Both are used in both web based and networking media.

Perl

Perl was originally a general purpose language for the Unix operating system. It is a pastiche of other languages, taking elements of shell scripting, C, AWK, and sed to provide text processing that are not hindered by data length limits. When it comes to distributed processing, Perl is a great language to be employed in cloud computing. It is used in network programming, graphics programming and web CGI, and in a systems administration capacity – for example, database applications. It is a very adaptive language in that it has many applications and is effectively multi if not omni purpose.

PHP

PHP is a hypertext pre-processor, and may sound an odd acronym till you realize that the original initials stood for Personal Home Page. Its original designer simply set up a website and used the language he had created to represent his resume and other elements on his site that required input or reacted to the environment. PHP is therefore a general use scripting language specifically designed for dynamic web pages (web pages that respond to inputs from users or environment such as time based changes or other factors). PHP can be embedded into the source code in a HTML file. It is therefore a useful language for hosting services and distributed processing. It can reside with ease on host servers or client machines, as well as operating systems that have nothing to do with cloud computing or networks. Web based applications built inhouse by a virtualization host for a client may employ PHP to react to user inputs. Command line mode in an interpreter application is a good example of how PHP may be processed.