[OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user?

[Roy Smith]

In article <jcthh3$8vd$1 at reader1.panix.com>,
 Grant Edwards <invalid at invalid.invalid> wrote:

> C++ is a vast, complex, and dangerous language -- and industry 
> doesn't seem to be willing to limit itself to using the seven people 
> on the planet who understand it.

> I'm only half joking...  :)

Half joking, indeed.  I happen to know for a fact that there are 
*fourteen* people on the planet who understand it.