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From:
Michael Rasmussen
Date:
April 17, 2012 06:01
Subject:
Re: & and subroutine
Message ID:
20120417130112.GC27297@jamhome.us
And for what it's worth.
113. Call subroutines with parentheses but without a leading &

That's from Damian Conway's Perl Best Practices
A quick reference to the 256 guidelines is found at
http://refcards.com/docs/vromansj/perl-best-practices/refguide.pdf

And a bit of luck, the entire chapter on subroutines, including the many reasons 
to prefer () to & is online:
http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Perl/Subroutines-in-Perl/


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