I have always wanted to learn a lower level programming language, and for that first time, a non-web based one! C seemed like it would be a good start, but C doesn't have as many cool classes, so C++ seemed like a good alternative. So after a little reading I find that C++ syntax is not much different than AS 3 (or PHP, JS, etc). Sense I'm a hands on learner I set out creating my first C++ app.

After a couple hours I ended up with a simple friendly calculator (hey what did you expect). It is interesting how you control events in C++ as apposed to most web languages, it doesn't seem like there event listeners so you have to be creative with interacting with the user. Anyways, it will probably be some time before I build anything worth while in C++, but it will happen!
Check out my first C++ App, I included the source code in there, your welcome ;)