The CLR supports things that C# the language doesn't. C# isn't the common denominator here, it's just one of the languages running on the CLR (and probably? the

The CLR supports things that C# the language doesn't. C# isn't the common denominator here, it's just one of the languages running on the CLR (and probably? the most well-known). VB.Net and F# are equals, not to mention all the non-MS languages that exist. C# isn't special and doesn't represent the CLR's potential. It certainly might drive the evolution of the CLR to a point.