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What is the “quanta” in software? The bit, byte, computer, program? I think any potential parallels are a seductive trap. Quantum physics is elegant and we desi
by ryanmarsh 9y ago
What is the “quanta” in software? The bit, byte, computer, program? I think any potential parallels are a seductive trap. Quantum physics is elegant and we desire an elegant model for thinking of software. I don’t think quantum physics is the right model for understanding software.
- akvadrako 9y agoQuantum mechanics is not mostly about quanta, but a qubit and a bit are parallels, in that both can store 1 bit of information. But QM is at least 99% about information, maybe 100%. How information is organised - how it can evolve. And QM is code + data rolled into one. It's also made of pure functions; actually reversible ones. It would be good to understand entanglement from a programming perspective; the article does try to shoe-horn it into his system, but it seems like a very shallow understanding of the physical situation.