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Quantum Computing Programming Language

Posted by timothy on from the boy-scout-motto dept.

William Walker writes "The Economist has an article in its new issue describing attempts to write a programming language for quantum computers, if and when they appear. It does a good job of putting the challenges of qubits versus regular bits into layman's terms. ... The original paper is here."

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  1. Future work... by Cutriss · · Score: 5, Funny

    Port Slashcode to this, and we'll have FP comments *before* the articles appear!

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    1. Re:Future work... by br0ck · · Score: 5, Funny

      But, luckily, as soon as they're observed they'll disappear.

  2. Heisenberg says... by pr0nbot · · Score: 5, Funny

    attempts to write a programming language for quantum computers, if and when they appear

    Just don't observe them and they will appear!

  3. Re:Q! by __aaklbk2114 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Better yet, Q#: the fastest way to negate any speed improvments gained by quantum computers.

  4. Sample line of code by jamesmartinluther · · Score: 5, Funny

    my $cat = new Cat('Felix');
    my $occupants = [$cat];
    my $room = new Room($occupants);
    $room->kill_occupant($cat);

    # is he dead?
    $room->status_occupant($cat);
    # doh!

    - James

  5. Re:A name for the new quantum language by OECD · · Score: 5, Funny

    In honor of Schrodinger: c@

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  6. Curse my physics background! by dabootsie · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I didn't know the difference between quantum superposition and tachyons, I'd probably have found that funny too.

  7. Sample code: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    if(1 && 0)
    {
    DoBothBranches();
    }
    else
    {
    DoBothBranchesAnyways();
    }
    else
    {
    WhatTheHellIsGoingOn();
    goto PrintAnswerToQuestionYouWereThinkingOf();
    }