This document is intended for knowledgeable users of C who would like to make the transition to C++. It is a guide for Frank's C++ programming courses, which are given yearly at the University of Groningen. As such, this document is not a complete C++ handbook. Rather, it serves as an addition to other documentation sources. If you want a hard-copy version of the C++ annotations: that's available in postscript, and other formats in our ftp-site. If you want to be informed about new releases of the Annotations, please subscribe to the annotations mailing list..