An interview with Larry Wall (LinuxVoice)

But then, unless you have at least some clue as to why it makes sense to argue how many angels can dance on the head of pin - I did know, but have forgotten - you're likely to dismiss Philosophy as irrelevant. Unfortunately, mathematicians and scientists have specialised so much, they've forgotten where their disciplines came from.

(Newton was a "Natural Philosopher" - he dabbled in maths, physics, alchemy, medicine, the lot. They hadn't invented those disciplines back then :-)

Cheers,
Wol