[plt-scheme] Problem fetching a URL

Robby Findler writes:
 > At Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:00:17 -0700 (PDT), Danny Yoo wrote:
 > > Just out of curiosity, why is current-alist-separator-mode using 
 > > semicolons by default rather than ampersands?  I understand that 
 > > flexibility is nice, but this is the fifth time I've seen people hit this 
 > > as a roadblock; shouldn't the default be what's most commonly used?
 > 
 > It is my understanding that semi-colons are more standards compliant.
 > That's why it is the default.

In particular, the HTML 4.01 spec recommends it.
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/appendix/notes.html#ampersands-in-uris

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