Re:QCL – A Programming Language for Quantum Computers
by Strilanc on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @01:38AM
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Try the video series Quantum Computing for the Determined [1]
My simulator, Quirk [2], is a bit easier to experiment with than IBM's. But it still assumes you know the basics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO6TsdwxcwM
I wish he had the people and support to help make animations and present the formulas in the correct notations. It starts to make sense though.
I want to get into quantum computing, especially since IBM has one you can play with on-line (your program queues up like old fashion punch cards):
https://quantumexperience.ng.bluemix.net/
..but to really use it, you need to know how these super weird quantum gates work. From what I can tell with QCL, everything a quantum computer can do, we can do with traditional computers. It's just that simulating 100 qbits takes an ungodly amount of memory and processing power. Quantum computers can't replace traditional computers, they're for a very specific problem space that can be defined with these quantum gate concepts.