Yes. I agree with you D3D. C++ is a bit more complex than C-Script. But since Lite-C also forces you to use pointers and structs the gap between Lite-C and C++ became smaller.

But a first FPS Demo can even be made in C4 without any C++ at all.

Personally I dislike C++. I like Pascal (Delphi), C# and Java more. It is safer, no memory leaks or crashes through misuse of pointers and such. But I learned C++ in a few days. Just look at
http://cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/
They have the best C++ tutorials on the net.

At the end there are issues with Lite-C like long compiling times, crashes in SED and debugger and more. This will not happen in C++ as long as you dont create your own memory traps.