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What do you mean dirty vs clean QC? Do you mean adiabatic vs gate based?

• jessriedel 11y ago
  Yea, that must be what he's referring to. I know a lot of folks who work on this stuff and they never use "clean"/"dirty" terminology (although it's reasonably apt).
  • semi-extrinsic 11y ago
    Yep. Picked up the clean/dirty terminology from Scott Aaronson: http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=2555#comment-963747 http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=2555#comment-963747
    • jessriedel 11y ago
      FYI, Scott was using the quotes to try and indicate that he was making those terms up on the spot (so it's not accurate to say that "many other scientists and some companies" use those terms). But I can see how it might not be clear from reading his comment.
      • semi-extrinsic 11y ago
        Thanks for pointing this out. (As you might have inferred, my original post tried to keep the language simple.)