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Quantum Programming with Perl

Posted by michael on from the more-than-one-universe-to-do-it dept.

moyix writes: "There's an article over at perl.com that describes how to use a perl module called Quantum::Entanglement. Using this module, one can simulate programming for a quantum computer. Developers looking to keep their skills current well into the next decade should check this out ;) Debian folks can grab libquantum-entanglement-perl and libquantum-superpositions-perl."

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  1. Shave and a haircut, qubits! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I always wondered how Larry Wall was seemingly in 10 different newsgroups at one time. I guess he's been using quantum physics all along...

  2. No fair! by orkysoft · · Score: 4, Funny

    "No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!" -- Professor Farnsworth from Futurama.

    --

    I suffer from attention surplus disorder.
  3. Entanglement? by questionlp · · Score: 5, Funny
    Blockquoth the submission:
    There's an article over at perl.com that describes how to use a perl module called Quantum::Entanglement
    Why would I need a Perl module to help entangle Perl code even more? Isn't that part of the language ;-)
    1. Re:Entanglement? by Monkeyman334 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Original credit goes to uh ... Darkling:

      print substr("the quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.",
      $_,1)
      for
      (1,2,36,3,10,21,38,38,36,
      41,9,16,21,7,8,25,36,17,5);

  4. This is new? by bluntmanspam · · Score: 4, Funny
    This still leaves us with plenty of ways to make Perl behave in a thoroughly unpredictable fashion.

    For some of us, this is nothing new.

  5. Quantum Perl.... by Jace+of+Fuse! · · Score: 4, Funny

    Quantum Perl - "No longer will there be more than one way to do something, but rather there are an infinite number of ways to do everything!"

    --

    "Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"

    Moderation Totals: Wrong=2, Stupid=3, Total=5.
  6. Re:thats nice but.. by Dragnet · · Score: 2, Funny

    nihilist, in making this post; you didn't take into account the _very_ quantum principle of uncertainty ;). It could be real, it could be a hoax.

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  7. The superpositioned BSOD by MoobY · · Score: 2, Funny

    After Microsoft's incredible implementation of the recursive crash (anyone remember the crash recovery that crashed?), this module now gives them a chance to have the superpositioned crash: your computer is both crashing and still alive.

    --
    --- Sigmentation Fault - Comments Dumped
  8. awww... by InsaneCreator · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's 2:30 am and I'm thinking how exciting quantum computing is.
    Awwww... I need a life... :(

    At least I might or might not have a life.

  9. Hmmm.... by Quixote · · Score: 4, Funny

    use Quantum; my $jump = Quantum::Leap->new(); # nothing happens... Damn! Why doesn't it work??

    1. Re:Hmmm.... by sconeu · · Score: 3, Funny

      Are you certain about that?

      --
      General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
  10. CRASH by ZaneMcAuley · · Score: 2, Funny

    And when one of these application crashes, itll go with a bang allright.... *Access Violation* there goes the space-time continuim..

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    ----- Whats wrong with this picture? http://www.revoh.org:1234/whatswrong
  11. Re:Real quantum computing by Lictor · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm sure you can run Grover's algorithm in *simulated* O(sqrt(n)) time...

    Did I mention that simulating a quantum system on a deterministic machine will require EXPONENTIAL time and space?

    Go Perl.

  12. Finally by Paul+Komarek · · Score: 4, Funny

    Finally, an application which Perl can't make more confusing.

    -Paul Komarek

  13. Re:thats nice but.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    in fact, they demonstrated Peter Shor's 1994 factoring algorithm on a recently built 7-qubit box, factoring 15 into 3 and 7.

    Incoming message for Mr. Shor: Your algorithm doesn't work.

    (ob. H2G2 ref.) Wait a minute ... *slaps forehead* Now I understand! 42! It all makes perfect sense now!

  14. Hooray! by Dasher42 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Between the voodoo and uncertainty of quantum mechanics and \%{$Magical{'Perl'}[$#$syntax]}, who'll ever need to encrypt their code? =)