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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. Quantum::Superpositions by ilkahn · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Anyone interested in doing any type of quantum computing should check out Dr. Damian Conway's excellent Quantum::Superpositions. It is an extension to the perl language which adds the operators "any" and "all"... it's lets you do *incredible* things like:

    use Quantum::Superpositions;

    if ($x == any($a, $b, $c)) { ... }

    while ($nextval < all(@thresholds)) { ... }

    $max = any(@value) < all(@values);

    A good place to go and discuss the in's and out's of the cooler aspects of the perl community is perlmonks.org, check it out some time...

  2. QCL by Ignatius · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Another way to play around with nonclassical algorithms and get your feet wet with quantum programming would be QCL.

    QCL is a procedural quantum programming language which provides nonclassical language elements such as unitary operators, running code in reverse, scratch space management, etc. A Linux interpreter (GPL) which simulates a quantum computer with an arbitrary number of qubits is available here.