I'd liek to learn C++

I'm planning to get sufficient knowledge regarding c++ so I can get into the video game industry. Problem is, I'm finishing university at a very different field which is not even remotely connected to anything vidja. I'm looking for books to learn from, and I'd like to ask people's aid in my quest.

Why C++? I do not want to spend years studying others for basics. I have a good understanding and I'm pretty logical in mind. I figured I'd have to change to C++ anyways, so why not starting with it? Any recommendations?

Also, do you think there are possibilities for programmers without highschool and university degrees? I'd finish some quck half-year power courses, but I'd work it out from books and with the help of friends, mainly.

>>35
Perhaps so, although OO-design and C++ have little to do with each other. And using "only some C++ features"^[1] is the best way to go. The only valuable features are classes, virtual methods, small pieces of the STL and judicious use of templates. Everything else is terrible and should be ignored (to the extent that it's possible, of course — the great thing about Sepples is that you'll have to learn everyone else's favorite subsets of the language in order to deal with third-party libraries and shit. Yay.)



Works Cited
[1]. Anonymous, http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1229741205/35. Accessed 12-20-2008.