Java or C++?

[Bob Martin]

in 342367 20080414 074410 s0suk3 at gmail.com wrote:
>Hello, I was hoping to get some opinions on a subject. I've been
>programming Python for almost two years now. Recently I learned Perl,
>but frankly I'm not very comfortable with it. Now I want to move on
>two either Java or C++, but I'm not sure which. Which one do you think
>is a softer transition for a Python programmer? Which one do you think
>will educate me the best?

C++ is for masochists.  Go for Java.