In reading my original response, I see it was a bit more snarky than it should have been. I fear that I've had to deal with "Java is the Best" folks before and I have a bit of a knee-jerk reaction when I get a whiff of someone who's not thinking beyond their particular favorite tool (including Perl). It sounds like you have a good situation going there where both of you can win. That sounds great.

If your architect read my post, extend my apologies if I offended. That wasn't intentional!