Best semicolon placement style

In languages where semicolons are separators, the best place to put them is at the beginning of the line, properly indented.
http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/algol/algol_bulletin/A46/P44.HTM
http://smlnj-gforge.cs.uchicago.edu/scm/viewvc.php/sml/releases/release-110.38/ckit/src/ast/pp/pp-ast-fn.sml?logsort=rev&view=markup&root=smlnj
( .LOC .INT N
; READ(N)
  # PRINT THE PASCAL TRIANGLE
    UP TO LAYER N #
; .LOC [0:N%2] .INT LINE
; .STRING GAP = 3*" "
; LINE[0] := 1
; .FOR I .TO N
  .DO [] .INT OLDLINE = LINE[ :(I-1)%2 0]
    ; .FOR J .FROM 1 .TO (I-1)%2
      .DO LINE[J] := OLDLINE[J-1]+OLDLINE[J] .OD
    ; LINE[I%2] := LINE[(I-1)%2]
    ; .FOR J
      .FROM I-N
      .TO 2*(I-1)
      .DO PRINT((
                ( J<0 .OR .ODD J
                | GAP
                | WHOLE(LINE[
                          ( J<I
                          | J%2
                          | I-1-J%2
                          )]
                    , -3)
                )
              ))
      .OD
    ; PRINT(NEWLINE)
  .OD
)

I CAN'T READ A PROGRAM WHERE EVERY LINE IS COMMENTED OUT OH GODDDDDDDDDD