C++

C++ was the first object oriented language that I learned.  It is still my favorite object oriented language for tasks that involve dealing with hardware and the operating system.  The language was designed by Bjarne Stroustrup and his guiding principle was efficiency.

C++ References

• ACE - The ADAPTIVE Communication Environment
  
• Bjarne Stroustrup
  Inventor of the C++ programming language.
• Cay Horstmann - C++ iostream library
  
• Cay Horstmann -- C++ Pitfalls: Common mistakes in C++ Programming
  Understanding any program language includes understanding their shortcomings.
• Cay Horstmann's Home Page
  
• comp.lang.c++ FAQ
  
• Designing and Building Parallel Programs
  An Online Publishing Project of Addison-Wesley, Inc., Argonne National Laboratory, and the NSF Center for Research on Parallel Computation.
• Douglas C. Schmit
  The creator of ACE framework.

Learning C++

• C++ Language - C++ Tutorials
  Here is a site that I took a brief look at.  For a tutorial, it looks okay.  Any feedback on this site and how good of a C++ learning tool it is would be appreciated.
• The C++ Annotations
  This tutorial is an electronic form of the book C++ Annotations by Frank B. Brokken.  It assumes that the student is already knowledgeable in C or other languages that use a C-like grammar such as Perl or Java.