import sys

numServ = 0

plCost = []

costArr = [[]]

def lCost(index):

costArr = [[sys.maxint for i in range(index)] for j in range(index)]

costArr[index-1][0] = plCost[index-1]

for i in range(index-2, -1, -1):

for dist in range(index-1, -1, -1):

if dist == 0:

costArr[i][0] = min(costArr[i+1]) + plCost[i]

else:

costArr[i][dist] = costArr[i+1][dist-1] + dist

return min(costArr[0])

if __name__ == "__main__":

numServ = int(raw_input())

for index in range(0, numServ):

plCost.insert(index, int(raw_input()))

print lCost(numServ)

can someone help convert this ti C++ code so i can understand it better