A brief (fifth edition - 156 pages) introduction to the C++ language. The content is structured according to the principle of a smooth transition from pure C tools: it first defines OOP as a paradigm based on message exchange, then introduces a method for a conventional open structure, after that it talks about protection and its purpose, then (since it is now necessary) introduces constructors and destructors, etc. The so-called "standard library" of C++ (also known as the STL) is not mentioned at all in the book, since if you start learning C++ from the STL, you risk never learning the language itself. For input-output, the examples use C library functions (printf, etc.). In addition, the book deliberately ignores all the “improvements” proposed by the authors of the so-called “standards”.

In the fifth edition, the headings have been slightly changed, Several new paragraphs have been added, a number of detected errors have been corrected, and the text of the prefaces has been completely reworked.