What are the comparative advantages of glob('foo*') over ?

Question

I was just looking at Can someone tell me how to create an array of directory contents?. Unsurprisingly, file globs were offered as an answer. What surprised me was that the p

Answer 1

These days I stick with glob, because I find it to be more readable and newbie-friendly(*) as compared to using angle brackets.

(*) perldoc -f glob works.