I did C++ as my first real OO language. It was quite a lot. I don't think it'd be hard to learn C++ if you knew C and Java (or a scripting language with OO).

I did C++ as my first real OO language. It was quite a lot. I don't think it'd be hard to learn C++ if you knew C and Java (or a scripting language with OO). Courses that start programming with C++ seems to teach a subset first ("a better C"). Edit: Disclaimer: A few years after learning C++, I skipped all the low level stuff and almost only do scripting languages. I might not be C++'s largest fan. :-)