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in reply to Perl Idioms Explained - && and || "Short Circuit" operators

Pardon the perhaps obtuse questions, but

1.) why *exactly* is "It almost always considered better to use "or" instead of "||" when you work with open" and
2.) when considering  open( FH, "file" ) or die ... is there an error by including parens? in idiom? in style?

the asbestos suit is on, so flame away ;)

decnartne ~ entranced