C++ Coding Standards : Rules, Guidelines, and Best Practices by Herb Sutter and Andrei Alexandrescu Is a very good book on the subject

Yeah in truth there is no real difference, just the way you have to write the code. The kid's refererence was really just a jibe at the way you use 'Me' in replace of 'this' ;P I think C++ is where you can do the real shit !! Although C++.NET not sure; don't know about you guys but haven't really seen many jobs going in it.... Lots of words of wisdom...

I have to vote in favour of the C# movement. VB is for kids :)