I come not to bury C++, but to praise it...

[Andrew Koenig]

"John Benson" <jsbenson at bensonsystems.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.337.1074032524.12720.python-list at python.org...

> I got into Python because I took one look at C++ and saw all the
handwaving
> in the introductory O'Reilly book to the effect that "everything looks
sweet
> now, but wait until these snazzy little features interact..." and then
> started casting around for another road to OOP.

Perhaps you should cast around for a different C++ book while you're at it,
too -- maybe the one you found isn't well suited to your particular learning
style.