From: umptious@...
Date: 2007-01-18T21:30:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Intensive computing: Ruby? Ruby/C? Pure C++?

It sounds like you need to know C++, if only for political reasons.
This being so, buy a reasonable into book now, and, most importantly,
Scott Meyers "Effective C++". You'll be doomed without it!