Hypothetically: There are 50,000 great Python programmers available and 5,000 startups using Python. There are 10,000 great Perl programmers available and 50

Hypothetically: There are 50,000 great Python programmers available and 5,000 startups using Python. There are 10,000 great Perl programmers available and 50 startups using Perl. Which is going to be easier to hire for? There's no real technical benefits of Python over Perl. If anything Perl has the edge due to Moose/CPAN, etc. The biggest "problem" is the stigma and that's only an issue of perception. Users don't actually care what hammer you use.