Importance of C++

[Sumerah]

PLease Give your ideas on the following topic.
Important role of C++ as a base language in order to understand the modern programming languages such as C#, Java, J# etc.

[vlad from moscow]

All these languages are independent from each other. So if to speak about the importance then C# is important for understanding C++ the same way as C++ is important for understanding C#.

Also see the thread http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/90678/