im learning so im just trying to get a grasp on all the functionality, not really trying to make utterly clean code, but moreso to understand the logic and flow of how i write programs and how i can manipulate data.
Learning two different ways to do everything is not easier. All you need to know is where ever you normally have the array name, replace it with {$ref} when you have a reference to an array. @array is now @{$ref}. $array[0] is now ${$ref}[0] It's that simple.