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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday December 12 2017, @03:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the both-Q-sharp-and-R-flat dept.

Microsoft's Q# quantum programming language out now in preview

Microsoft today launched a preview version of a new programming language for quantum computing called Q#. The industry giant also launched a quantum simulator that developers can use to test and debug their quantum algorithms.

The language and simulator were announced in September. The then-unnamed language was intended to bring traditional programming concepts—functions, variables, and branches, along with a syntax-highlighted development environment complete with quantum debugger—to quantum computing, a field that has hitherto built algorithms from wiring up logic gates. Microsoft's hope is that this selection of tools, along with the training material and documentation, will open up quantum computing to more than just physicists.

I'll hold out for QuBasic.

Previously: Microsoft is Developing a Quantum Computing Programming Language


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 12 2017, @04:47PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 12 2017, @04:47PM (#608785)

    Q-sharp? Maybe it will be as good as J-sharp. Did they ever release a Python-sharp, or maybe an MSBASIC-sharp?

  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Wednesday December 13 2017, @07:40AM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Wednesday December 13 2017, @07:40AM (#609132) Journal
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    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.