PHPで配列の場合

list( $param1, $param2 ) = subroutine();
$param = subtourine();

function subroutine(){
  return array( 1, 2 );
}

Perlで配列の場合

my( $param1, $param2 ) = subroutine();
my @param = &subtoutine();

sub subroutine {
  return 1, 2;
}