Florian:
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:19:57 +0100 (CET)
> karl@??? wrote:
...
> > To paraphrase usenix:
> >
> > ;init:
> >
> > but that would be too much of an internal joke.
...
> I tried with a websearch for 'usenix AND syntax' - but this remains "too
> much of an internal joke" for me... May I ask you to elaborate on it?

;login: is/was the magazine of usenix and sage, see:
https://www.usenix.org/publications/login/

"login:" is was the getty prints at the terminal so you can login.
For the semicolon, see:
https://static.usenix.org/publications/login/whysemi.html

Regards,
/Karl Hammar