A list is, well, just that, a list, a bunch of values separated by commas. An array is a data structure -- a "variable".

Consider this:

for my $thing("this","Is","aA","List")
{
  print "$thing\n";
}

print "\---------\n";

my @things = ("this","Is","aA","List","being","assigned","to","an","ar
+ray");

for my $thing(@things)
{
  print "$thing\n";
}

print "\---------\n";

my %things = ("this", "Is",
              "aA", "List",
              "being", "assigned",
              "to", "a",
              "hash", "and",
              "as", "such",
              "it", "must",
              "be", "EVEN!",
             ,);

for my $thing(@things)
{
  print "$thing\n";
}
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Furthermore, the distinction between a list and an array goes to context. There are two context's in perl, list, and scalar. The scalar function forces scalar context. The for (@something) "construct" implies list construct, as do functions and other things. To get a better grip on context in perl, please read japhys excellent article from perlmonth.com Issue 9: "List" is a Four-Letter Word (local) (remote).

 
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