Applications can communicate over the WEB using a variety to tools and techniques. Both Java and PERL are common languages used in WEB communication. A Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) is used within the PERL and Java languages to determine which is the most efficient communication technique. KEYWORDS PERL, Java, and Distributed Applications 							
						
							
					 															
					Roger Eggen, Sanjay P. Ahuja, Paul Elliott, Mauric