No, but presuming that the best language was used to implement these runtimes, these languages would be worse off it it weren't for C/C++. And the runtimes qualify as important software in their own right, simply because they inherit from the importance of all the software that runs on them written in other languages.
> these languages would be worse off it it weren't for C/C++.
Definitely.
> And the runtimes qualify as important software in their own right, simply because they inherit from the importance of all the software that runs on them written in other languages.
Also agreed.
The only thing I'm trying to disprove is the thesis that "basically" no important software is written in languages other than C/Cpp.
