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copied!<ol> <li>It depends on what you <em>want</em> to learn. I think it's probably best to sit back and consider why you really want to do this at all. If Java does what you want, and you're just doing this out of some misplaced sense of duty, I think there are probably better ways to spend your time. The reputation of C++ as a "nightmare behemoth" is spread mostly by insecure Java programmers trying to justify what, in their hearts, they know to have been a second-rate choice<sup>1</sup>.</li> <li>There are a couple of books specifically written for Java programmers learning C and/or C++. Though it's not specifically for Java programmers, if you do decide on C++ rather than C, I'd consider <a href="http://www.acceleratedcpp.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Acclerated C++</em></a>.</li> </ol> <p><sup>1</sup>I'm at least sort of joking, of course, but there are an almost amazing number of Java programmers who seem to have a chip on their shoulder. If you tell somebody who uses Python or Ruby (for just a couple of examples) that it's slow, the typical reaction is them looking a little puzzled and saying something like: "If you say so -- it seems fast enough to me." Suggesting the same about Java is practically guaranteed to produce claims that you're obviously ignorant and expressing nothing but blind hatred.</p> <p>Edit: As far as choosing between C and C++ goes, for somebody accustomed to Java, C will simply be an exercise in frustration. The difference in language would require considerable adjustment anyway, but moving from a library the size of Java's to one the size of C's will simply result destroying his productivity for quite a while, and is more likely to just prejudice him again all languages with "C" in the name than help him actually learn anything.</p> <p>Moving directly from Java to C is like taking somebody whose idea of a sporty car is when he drives the Lincoln Town Car instead of being chauffeured in the limousine, and when he decides racing is cool, you dump him directly in the seat of an Outlaw sprint car. Give him a chance in (not only much safer, but actually faster) street-legal sports car first...</p>

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