If you have an interest in C++ (and CS/SE education) it is highly worth your time reading this interview with Bjarne Stroustrup.

Choice quote:

“Learn to use the language features to solve simple programs at first. That might sound trivial, but I receive many questions from people who have “studied C++” for a couple of weeks and are seriously confused by examples of multiple inheritance using names like B1, B2, D, D2, f, and mf. They are—usually without knowing it—trying to become language lawyers rather than programmers.”

The linked JSF++ and Performance TR are likely to be worth reading too, but with both being well over 100 pages I’ve only had time for a brief skim.