Comment by namegulf
6 days ago
Semicolon is also nice on the eyes compared to '&' we're used to today.
Why in the world this didn't gain traction?
6 days ago
Semicolon is also nice on the eyes compared to '&' we're used to today.
Why in the world this didn't gain traction?
Browser and server and language defaults. Back in the CGI-BIN days there were loads of apps using "exotic" options in the URL. IMO when ASP3 and PHP3 were popular (I was there Gandalf!) the world started to normalize around '&'