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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/microsoft-quantum-toolkit/ [arstechnica.com]

At its Ignite conference today, Microsoft announced its moves to embrace the next big thing in computing: quantum computing. Later this year, Microsoft will release a new quantum computing programming language, with full Visual Studio integration, along with a quantum computing simulator. With these, developers will be able to both develop and debug quantum programs implementing quantum algorithms.

[...] Microsoft's quantum programming language—as yet unnamed—offers a more familiar look to programming quantum computers, borrowing elements from C#, Python, and F#. Developers will still need to use and understand quantum logic gates and their operations, but they'll be able to use them to write functions, with variables and branches and other typical constructs.

Microsoft's quantum simulator capable of running the code will simulate 32 qubits and require 32 GB of RAM, while the Azure cloud version will simulate up to 40 qubits.

Also at Fossbytes [fossbytes.com].

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