I like the C++ Primer (I actually prefer it to Stroudstrup) and this book does start from a basic example - describing what a function is. I think that using t

I like the C++ Primer (I actually prefer it to Stroudstrup) and this book does start from a basic example - describing what a function is. I think that using the Primer to learn programming would be a hellish experience but then learning C++ as a first language is never going to be fun.