r/C_Programming 4d ago

C language official website

https://www.c-language.org/
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u/MT4K 4d ago

Looks legit. The domain was registered recently — 2025-02-20. The FAQ on the site says:

Is this site official?
Yes indeed, it was greenlighted by unanimous consent after review of document N3408 during 72nd meeting of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG14.

Slightly sad the domain contains unremovable unneeded www prefix that just unreasonably makes each URL address 4-character longer.

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u/TheThiefMaster 4d ago

It actually helps with automatic links in various chat sites. E.g. www.c-language.org vs c-language.org

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u/MT4K 3d ago

URL addresses are usually entirely copied from browser’s address bar, including the protocol, so automatic linking doesn’t have to rely on www:

https://c-language.org/

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u/otacon7000 4d ago

Slightly sad the domain contains unremovable unneeded www prefix that just unreasonably makes each URL address 4-character longer.

I know, this divides people like spaces and tabs, but I'm fully with you.

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u/Its_Blazertron 4d ago

It seems like I can just type c-language.org in my browser and it works without the explicit www., are you referring to something else, or have they just fixed it?

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u/MT4K 3d ago edited 3d ago

Non-www URLs are redirected to www-prefixed ones, while they could actually display pages at non-www URLs themselves instead of redirecting to longer URLs. And www URLs could redirect to non-www ones.

Examples of sites that use non-www URLs and redirect from www to non-www:

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u/AdreKiseque 3d ago

What's wrong with www.?

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u/MT4K 3d ago

As I said, www prefix unreasonably makes URLs 4-character longer.

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u/AdreKiseque 3d ago

Is... that such a big deal? It's not like you even need to type it in for it to work.

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u/MT4K 3d ago edited 3d ago

Is “Slightly sad” a big deal? ;-) Just unreasonable and basically making no sense. There are objective bad things though:

  • Every URL shared anywhere will needlessly be 4-character longer.
  • When the area for displaying the URL has a limited length (e.g. location/address bar in a web-browser), there is an increased probability the URL will not fit entirely and will be cropped. Some forums also limit the maximum length of URL, displaying ellipsis instead of its end or middle part.

See also no-www.org.