<s>
ActivePerl	B-Language
is	O
a	O
distribution	O
of	O
Perl	B-Language
from	O
ActiveState	O
(	O
formerly	O
part	O
of	O
Sophos	O
)	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
AIX	B-Application
and	O
HP-UX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Perl	B-Language
package	I-Language
manager	I-Language
(	O
PPM	O
)	O
for	O
installing	O
packages	O
from	O
CPAN	B-Language
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
includes	O
an	O
Active	B-Application
Scripting	I-Application
component	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
Script	O
Host	O
(	O
WSH	O
)	O
called	O
PerlScript	O
and	O
an	O
ISAPI	B-Library
module	O
for	O
embedding	O
within	O
Internet	B-Application
Information	I-Application
Services	I-Application
(	O
IIS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PerlScript	O
was	O
initially	O
solely	O
an	O
ActiveX	B-Application
Scripting	I-Application
Engine	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
ActiveState	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Internet	B-Application
Information	I-Application
Services	I-Application
(	O
IIS	O
)	O
that	O
allows	O
for	O
programmers	O
to	O
use	O
Perl-based	O
code	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
,	O
or	O
in	O
place	O
of	O
,	O
VBScript	B-Application
or	O
JScript	B-Language
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
web	O
servers	O
running	O
the	O
ASP	B-General_Concept
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequently	O
was	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
web	I-Application
server	I-Application
,	O
which	O
allows	O
for	O
coding	O
with	O
only	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
but	O
neither	O
VBScript	B-Application
nor	O
JScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
PerlScript	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
write	O
Windows	B-Application
Script	O
Host-based	O
programs	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
VBScript	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Standalone	O
PerlScripts	O
can	O
be	O
executed	O
if	O
they	O
are	O
created	O
with	O
the	O
file	O
extension	O
.pls	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
case	O
they	O
do	O
not	O
require	O
enclosing	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
PerlScripts	O
which	O
have	O
the	O
extension	O
wsf	O
require	O
XML	B-Protocol
tags	O
which	O
specify	O
the	O
job	O
id	O
and	O
script	O
language	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
wsf	O
PerlScripts	O
gain	O
access	O
to	O
WSH	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
functionality	O
,	O
similarly	O
to	O
Perl	B-Language
Droplets	O
in	O
the	O
now-obsolete	O
MacPerl	O
.	O
</s>
