in reply to SOAP efficiencies

I doubt it. However, it is a well known fact that running a persistent perl interpreter (CGI::Fast, PPerl) is always "faster" than starting a new perl process for every request (which is what cgi does), regardless of whether or not that interpreter is embedded (mod_perl) in a webserver.

MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.