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I am heading towards the windows mfc stuff, so I think I will try to learn C++ first.

Do you have a good understanding of Object Oriented Programming? It really helps to have the abstract concept (without necessarily having the programming knowledge) before trying to code C++. When I first heard OOP programmers talking it sounded like Charles Manson....inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, etc. But once the abstract concept is clear its easy.

I enjoyed MFC programming a lot. Its just a collection of building blocks that do handy things. Once you use one of the classes you know how to use them all. You just have to read the manual entry for the one you are using to see how to call it.

I was an old mainframe programmer (IBM 360/370 Assembler) and was scared to death of moving over. But I picked it up really quick and you should have a leg up already.

Good luck!

Luckily I do. I have a formal University education in OOP, mostly with most of the hands on experience being in Java.

Thanks for the support!