With gcc and clang being written in C++, Symbian, BeOS, Genode, Mac OS X IO Kit, Windows 8+ DDK support and WinRT, among many other examples, better accept the computing world is slowly leaving C behind.
As someone that always been on the C++ side on the C++ vs C flames, since the early days, it comes as consequence of statements like "At least they don't have to use C++".