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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 '&'

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