PerlScript
PerlScript, part of ActiveState's Perl for Windows package, is an ActiveX scripting engine. PerlScript allows you to add Perl as a scripting language to any ActiveX scripting host—in Internet Explorer, IIS or any Web server, or Microsoft's Windows Scripting Host (WSH), for example.
Microsoft's ActiveX scripting engines natively support VBScript and JavaScript scripting engines. Although those languages are adequate for many purposes, Perl can in many instances provide for features and more power. And if you're used to working with Perl, the capability to continue working in Perl rather than having to switch between languages is a nice advantage.
For the Web, PerlScript enables you to create Perl scripts embedded inside Web pages both ...
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