What reasons are there to prefer glob over readdir (or vice-versa) in Perl?

Question

This question is a spin-off from this one. Some history: when I first learned Perl, I pretty much always used glob rather than opendir + read

Answer 1

Well, you pretty much cover it. All that taken into account, I would tend to use glob when I'm throwing together a quick one-off script and its behavior is just what I want, and use opendir and readdir in ongoing production code or libraries where I can take my time and clearer, cleaner code is helpful.