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Re:Common Lisp Community Survey 2024 Results by tumdum_ on Saturday August 10, 2024 @01:00AM (#41207419)
> their software was written in a fraction of the time and resources taken for competing companies to do the same in either C++ or Python.

Can you clarify what Python and LISP software (with the same scope) are you referring to?

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Re:Common Lisp Community Survey 2024 Results by reikonomusha on Saturday August 10, 2024 @01:05AM (#41207440)
Lisp software like QUILC (linked) and Python software like Qiskit.

They have the role of taking general quantum programs (usually called "quantum circuits"), and translating+optimizing them for a particular quantum computer architecture (i.e., one that might only have a small number of supported quantum operations).

It's analogous to a language like C having a compiler (written in Lisp or Python) for ARM and x86.

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Re:Common Lisp Community Survey 2024 Results by tumdum_ on Saturday August 10, 2024 @02:42AM (#41207767)
How long did it take to develop both (sorry, but quick googling doesn’t make it clear)?
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Re:Common Lisp Community Survey 2024 Results by reikonomusha on Saturday August 10, 2024 @03:12PM (#41211546)
I hesitate to give quantitative estimates without citations, but to throw a bone, something like: <2 years for Lisp by a small team of 4 relative newcomers. >4 years for Python by a larger team of >10 expert people. The software still does not have feature or performance parity.
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