When you say "C++ is still one of the most widely-used languages in the world", you're implicitly lumping C in with it. C/C++ is certainly one of the most widely-used languages, but there are whole huge categories of products that are almost never written in C++.
Some of us appreciate bare-metal systems programming, but loathe C++.
No I'm not. C++ is widely used in part because it's backwards-compatible with C, but it's not even remotely a stretch to say that C++ is one of the most widely-used languages in the world, on its own.
It's not a stretch to say that because you aren't actually saying anything. Leaving the distribution undefined as you did, we could also claim that Haskell is one fo the most widely-used languages in the world: it's certainly used more than CASL, the scripting language I wrote at McAfee in 1998.
I'm not arguing that C++ isn't widely used. I'm taking exception to the "us and them" sentiment I picked up off your comment, that the world is divided between those who appreciate C++ and those who can't hack it outside of Python and Perl. There are plenty of systems programmers who hate C++.
Some of us appreciate bare-metal systems programming, but loathe C++.