5 points in C++ I guess I would mean mastered Effective C++, More Effective C++, Effective STL and Modern C++ Design. No?

I think it's a great idea. "I have quite a lot of work and lack motivation" applies to me too, so working together would make things much more interesting. So yeah, sign me up :)

Sorry... no. C++ is much more difficult than both C and C#. I am not a teacher, so I might be biased, but I think a language like Python is better to begin.

At least you do not have to teach the difference between T, T&, T const&...

As you wish, elaboration is complete :D

Well obviously, but I have set the bar far lower. As I have red the SDL tutorials, you really only need base knowledge.
And I completely agree. But teaching C++ someone who previously worked with C# is far easier than teaching C++ someone who previously worked with C, that's where I'm coming from.

Oh, seriously?!? So I can think myself of 5 stars.... I am not kidding, thanks.

All right guys, the questionnaire tells me that I've got at least 8 interested people. Which is enough in my book. By friday, I should be finished with a contract I am currently working on, and after that, I am all free: I hope I'll get the blog up and running during weekend. Thank you all for your interest!

I'm in

Okay then. Apart from the friendship thing (which doesn't ring a bell), then I'm also a 5. Mind you, it's been a long time since I've coded anything in C++, but I have done a lot with it. It was the language used in my computer science education, so...

I disagree. C++ requires much more programming discipline than C#, and somewhat less discipline than standard C. That said, for game programming C++ is probably the best choice, at least if you care about portability and performance. But it does demand more of the programmer than for instance C# does.

Well... Yes, but C# programmer does comprehend C++ far faster than a C programmer does (I'm talking about students here thou.) So while C# programmer will probably end up with weird memory leaks and unexpected behavior, he will 'get' the language faster than a C programmer, who tends to struggle with objects (of course, when you are a professional C programmer you already know structures and those really help when you're trying to understand objects)

huh ... I never even heard of "friends" before in C++. Well, that's my one new thing learned today - even if it's not that useful. :)

Unfortunately now is a crunch time for my grad school work so I can't participate, but this sounds like a great idea! Best of luck and I look forward to reading about your progress!

Shameless bump. I'll try to keep the topic somewhere visible for next 2 days, so if anyone else wants to jump in, do so

Ah, yes. Now I remember. I'm pretty sure I've never used it though. I can't imagine a situation where I would either.

Did you want goggers to also answer the questionnaire, or is it meant just for non-goggers?