C+ is older and more complicated, also very messy because it has changed here and there and add-on a lot off stuff throughout the years.
You need to make a lot of preparation and set a lot of parameters even for simple functions.

Python is newer, and is actually very intuitive especially for beginners to programming. If you look at the code, you can figure out what it's doing very quickly. Many things can be done in one of few lines in Python, where in other languages would take up many lines of code.

Python is great for beginners to pick up as the first programming language.
http://lifehacker.com/five-best-programmin...6243/1497409477

disclaimer: Python user, noob programmer.