note explorer The difference is the precedence. <p>From perlop: <blockquote><i>As more readable alternatives to "&&" and "||" when used for control flow, Perl provides "and" and "or" operators (see below). The short-circuit behavior is identical. The precedence of "and" and "or" is much lower, however, so that you can safely use them after a list operator without the need for parentheses:</i></blockquote> 570885 570885