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

From	Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	[OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user?
Date	2011-12-20 17:40 +0000
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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Would anybody care to recommend online C++ resources for a long time C
and Python user?  (I'm also familiar with Smalltalk, Scheme, FORTRAN,
bash, Javascript, and a variety of assembly languages.)

I have a C++ library to which I need to add a couple minor
wrappers/extensions. I've already done the same for the C version of
the library.  Writing test suites for C libraries using Python/ctypes
is pretty cool. :)

After googling a bit, I found several recommendations for the book
"Thinking in C++" by Bruce Eckel.  I've skimmed through it, and it's
_way_ too long-winded.  It takes him 200+ pages before he gets to data
encapsulation and 600+ pages before he introduces inheritence. The
writing is also a bit too condesending for my taste:

   You literally take the form of the existing class and add code to
   it, without modifying the existing class. This magical act is
   called _inheritance_, and most of the work is done by the compiler.

Magical act?

Seriously?
   
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[OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-20 17:40 +0000
  Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-12-20 18:36 +0000
    Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-20 20:41 +0000
      Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-12-20 13:00 -0800
        Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-12-21 14:04 +0000
          Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-12-21 09:26 -0500
          Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-21 15:37 +0000
            Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-12-21 16:16 +0000
              Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-21 21:02 +0000
                Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-12-21 13:15 -0800
                Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-12-21 20:02 -0500
                Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-12-22 13:19 +0000
  Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-12-20 11:43 -0800
  Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-20 20:51 +0000
    Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-12-20 13:06 -0800

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