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I guess the point is that the other languages are based on C. From your list CPython, CRuby and the GNU assembler are written in C. Not sure about Java. Edit:

by kardos 8y ago

I guess the point is that the other languages are based on C. From your list CPython, CRuby and the GNU assembler are written in C. Not sure about Java. Edit: not necessarily agreeing, there must be some languages that do not rely on C.

beat 8y ago
Java runs on the JVM, which is probably written in C++ (which is C, when you start digging). The widely-used Eclipse J9 JVM is written in C++.
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  > C++ (which is C, when you start digging). C++ is not C (it was once implemented as a preprocessor in front of a C compiler, but that's not th same as being C, and it's now more likely to implemented as a self-hosting compiler.)
  - nineteen999 8y ago
    Ironically enough, the gcc suite itself is partially implemented in C++ these days.