A lifetime, more or less.
That''s the thing about computer languages... to survive they constantly have to have new API''s, new SDK''s, new ways of thinking (I know some of you purists will say "API''s aren''t really part of the language", but without them, you''re going to fall hopelessly behind). C++ is a very complex language. To gain a functional knowledge doesn''t take long, but to be an expert takes a while, and I doubt any of us will ever know everything. *smile*

-fel

Depending on previous programming experience, you could learn enough C++ to be useful in just a couple of months. But I agree with Felisandria; there are deep dark corners of C++ I am just discovering now and I have been programming in C++ for 5-6 years. And I STILL don''t think I''m close to knowing all there is to know.

Later,
Eck