Python is very slow and hogs memory.  Sure if you call a function that does lots of work like parsing a file, it turns it into c calls, but most of your code isn't like that.  It's meant to be a scripting language.

If you want to learn c++ then learn it, you should have a fairly easy time since you already can program in python, and you can even use python from within c++.

Grab yourself 2 books.  1 for a introduction/tutorial type book and the other should be a reference type book.  Also add to your browser favorites/bookmarks sites like

www.cppreference.com

www.cplusplus.com

www.msdn.com

Possible intro book

http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-C-Through-Game-Programming/dp/1435457420/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363302867&sr=1-3&keywords=c%2B%2B+beginner

Possible c++11 reference book

http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Library-Tutorial-Reference-2nd/dp/0321623215/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363302837&sr=1-2&keywords=c%2B%2B+reference

Python is very slow and hogs memory.  Sure if you call a function that does lots of work like parsing a file, it turns it into c calls, but most of your code isn't like that.

If you want to learn c++ then learn it, you should have a fairly easy time since you already can program in python, and you can even use python from within c++.

Grab yourself 2 books.  1 for a introduction/tutorial type book and the other should be a reference type book.  Also add to your browser favorites/bookmarks sites like

www.cppreference.com

www.cplusplus.com

www.msdn.com

Possible intro book

http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-C-Through-Game-Programming/dp/1435457420/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363302867&sr=1-3&keywords=c%2B%2B+beginner

Possible c++11 reference book

http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Library-Tutorial-Reference-2nd/dp/0321623215/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363302837&sr=1-2&keywords=c%2B%2B+reference