[C++] Best place to start learning?

[Vision1000]

I've been messing around with Lua scripting for a while now, I feel i have a solid understanding of the language, But i keep seeing how limited it can get with emulation. I also hear complains about how it lags servers, if you have too many scripts.

So I'm curious wheres the best place to start learning C++, And what differs between Aspire / Arcemu / Mangos C++ when scripting?

Also, I'm not a "It doesn't matter how it works, it just does" type of learner. (People who apply concepts they don't understand to a problem and still solve it).

Thanks.

Edit: I know I'm kind of getting ahead of myself, But for my first project I'd like to make a pvp token system to this extent(Theoretical sloppy Lua script);

 
function OnPlayerKill(player)
if (player:isInGroup() == true) then
tblGroup = player:GetGroup()
     for i, v in pairs(tblGroup) do
          if (v:IsPvpFlagged() == true) then
               if (v:GetClass() == HealingClass) then
                    if (v:HasSpell(xxx) then) -- xxx = Corresponding Healing classes resto/holy/disc 41 point talent
                         if (v:GetDistance(player) <= 40yards) then
                              v:AddItem(pvptoken)
                         end
                    end
               end
          end        
     end
else
player:AddItem(pvptoken)
end
end

How would i go about getting the players in the group?

[Clain]

Search all around the forums and google, theres over 100 eBooks and online guides on learning C++. Learn Visual C++ | Training, Tutorials, and More on MSDN would be a good place to start.

How they differ, well Aspire and ArcEmu have the same scripting interface / hooks, etc so there is no difference; but for MaNGOS, its scripting engine is a little different(same concept though as if you know C++ you should understand it)

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