I think to non-techies the semi-colons are still more intuitive - I often see non-technical people mess up the ? and &, either by using just one of them or by getting them the wrong way around.
I chuckled once when driving having a radio adverts announce "enter in your web browser something.com slash question-mark prize ampersand win to win!"
I chuckled once when driving having a radio adverts announce "enter in your web browser something.com slash question-mark prize ampersand win to win!"