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Re: Quantum Development Kit preview

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Post by bshimmin »

vtomole wrote: post #2

Nice to see Microsoft's progress in quantum computing. It seems like you can't use this SDK without Visual Studio. If you don't have Visual Studio, you can use LIQUi|> [0]; another quantum SDK from Microsoft. [0]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/language-in...

"LIQUi|>" is hands-down the worst name for anything I've ever seen. Do they really expect people to write it like that?

Re: Quantum Development Kit preview

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Post by mdturnerphys »

vtomole wrote: post #2

Nice to see Microsoft's progress in quantum computing. It seems like you can't use this SDK without Visual Studio. If you don't have Visual Studio, you can use LIQUi|> [0]; another quantum SDK from Microsoft. [0]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/language-in...

Or you can get Visual Studio Community for free: https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/

Re: Quantum Development Kit preview

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Post by mdturnerphys »

bshimmin wrote: post #3
vtomole wrote: post #2

Nice to see Microsoft's progress in quantum computing. It seems like you can't use this SDK without Visual Studio. If you don't have Visual Studio, you can use LIQUi|> [0]; another quantum SDK from Microsoft. [0]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/language-in...

"LIQUi|>" is hands-down the worst name for anything I've ever seen. Do they really expect people to write it like that?

The "|>" is an allusion to the bar and angle brackets used in bra-ket notation [0]. I believe LIQUi|> is targeted more toward academic quantum computing researchers, who are likely to recognize/appreciate the reference.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bra%E2%80%93ket_notation

Re: Quantum Development Kit preview

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Post by oneplane »

mdturnerphys wrote: post #4
vtomole wrote: post #2

Nice to see Microsoft's progress in quantum computing. It seems like you can't use this SDK without Visual Studio. If you don't have Visual Studio, you can use LIQUi|> [0]; another quantum SDK from Microsoft. [0]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/language-in...

Or you can get Visual Studio Community for free: https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/

Well, if you don't have Windows, that still doesn't help. And if you don't //want// Windows or Visual Studio, that doesn't help either ;-)

Re: Quantum Development Kit preview

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Post by vtomole »

mdturnerphys wrote: post #4
vtomole wrote: post #2

Nice to see Microsoft's progress in quantum computing. It seems like you can't use this SDK without Visual Studio. If you don't have Visual Studio, you can use LIQUi|> [0]; another quantum SDK from Microsoft. [0]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/language-in...

Or you can get Visual Studio Community for free: https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/

I didn't know that you can use Visual Studio on anything that is not Windows. I'll try to install it.

Edit: Looks like you need Visual Studio Community for this SDK which Microsoft only has a Windows version.

Re: Quantum Development Kit preview

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Post by zitterbewegung »

bshimmin wrote: post #3
vtomole wrote: post #2

Nice to see Microsoft's progress in quantum computing. It seems like you can't use this SDK without Visual Studio. If you don't have Visual Studio, you can use LIQUi|> [0]; another quantum SDK from Microsoft. [0]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/language-in...

"LIQUi|>" is hands-down the worst name for anything I've ever seen. Do they really expect people to write it like that?

It looks horrible but on the other hand it will be really easy to google.

Also, it is an injoke for people familiar with quantum mechanics.

Re: Quantum Development Kit preview

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Post by bshimmin »

mdturnerphys wrote: post #5
bshimmin wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"LIQUi|>" is hands-down the worst name for anything I've ever seen. Do they really expect people to write it like that?

The "|>" is an allusion to the bar and angle brackets used in bra-ket notation [0]. I believe LIQUi|> is targeted more toward academic quantum computing researchers, who are likely to recognize/appreciate the reference. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bra%E2%80%93ket_notation

I will be honest and say I didn't get the reference!
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