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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

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-integrated-quantum-operations-liqui/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/language-in...

bshimmin 9y ago
"LIQUi|>" is hands-down the worst name for anything I've ever seen. Do they really expect people to write it like that?
- mdturnerphys 9y ago
  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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bra%E2%80%93ket_notation
  - bshimmin 9y ago
    I will be honest and say I didn't get the reference!
    - urgoroger 9y ago
      Don't worry! I study quantum computation, and I didn't notice that the |> was supposed to be a D to form the word LIQUID!
- zitterbewegung 9y ago
  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.
  - IncRnd 9y ago
    > it will be really easy to google Hopefully :) Sometimes it gets spelled as LIQ𝑈𝑖⏐〉 (http://stationq.github.io/Liquid/ http://stationq.github.io/Liquid/) which is different from LIQUi|> (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/language-integrated-quantum-operations-liqui/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/language-in...), which is different from LIQUID. It all depends on how Google feels about qubits on any given day.
    - seandougall 9y ago
      But can you spell it all three ways at the same time?
      - IncRnd 9y ago
        The exact answer would take more time than I have, so I'll say maybe.
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mdturnerphys 9y ago
Or you can get Visual Studio Community for free: https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/ https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/
- oneplane 9y ago
  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 ;-)
- vtomole 9y ago
  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.
  - mdturnerphys 9y ago
    Looks like it's available for Mac as well: https://www.visualstudio.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio-mac/?sku=communitymac&rel=15 https://www.visualstudio.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-st... Edit: The QDK does not have Mac support yet.
    - ghostly_s 9y ago
      "Visual Studio for Mac" is just a rebrand of another IDE they purchased this past year, it's not feature-equivalent with the real VS AFAIK.
    - cgranade 9y ago
      Hi, I'm one of the devs on Q#! We're excited to make this preview release of Microsoft's Quantum Development Kit available on Windows PCs. We're exploring the possibility of supporting other platforms in the future and will share more about this at a later time.
cgranade 9y ago
Hi, I'm a dev on Q#, and wanted to help clarify a bit how the Quantum Development Kit relates to LIQUi|〉. Microsoft's Quantum Development Kit is a successor to LIQUi|⟩ and we're excited for you to download it and begin writing Q# code. LIQUi|⟩ is focused on the efficient simulation of a quantum computer on a classical one. Q# is a language that will let you program actual quantum computers (in the future). As such, there are areas where LIQUi|⟩ can currently out-perform Q# when it is used on one of the provided simulators (which are striving to emulate the actual gates on quantum hardware). Over time, more simulators will be provided for Q# that will meet (and exceed) the efficiency of LIQUi|⟩ and at that point, we will fully retire LIQUi|⟩.

bshimmin 9y ago

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

mdturnerphys 9y ago
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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bra%E2%80%93ket_notation
- bshimmin 9y ago
  I will be honest and say I didn't get the reference!
  - urgoroger 9y ago
    Don't worry! I study quantum computation, and I didn't notice that the |> was supposed to be a D to form the word LIQUID!
zitterbewegung 9y ago
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.
- IncRnd 9y ago
  > it will be really easy to google Hopefully :) Sometimes it gets spelled as LIQ𝑈𝑖⏐〉 (http://stationq.github.io/Liquid/ http://stationq.github.io/Liquid/) which is different from LIQUi|> (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/language-integrated-quantum-operations-liqui/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/language-in...), which is different from LIQUID. It all depends on how Google feels about qubits on any given day.
  - seandougall 9y ago
    But can you spell it all three ways at the same time?
    - IncRnd 9y ago
      The exact answer would take more time than I have, so I'll say maybe.
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mdturnerphys 9y ago

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

oneplane 9y ago
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 ;-)
vtomole 9y ago
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.
- mdturnerphys 9y ago
  Looks like it's available for Mac as well: https://www.visualstudio.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio-mac/?sku=communitymac&rel=15 https://www.visualstudio.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-st... Edit: The QDK does not have Mac support yet.
  - ghostly_s 9y ago
    "Visual Studio for Mac" is just a rebrand of another IDE they purchased this past year, it's not feature-equivalent with the real VS AFAIK.
  - cgranade 9y ago
    Hi, I'm one of the devs on Q#! We're excited to make this preview release of Microsoft's Quantum Development Kit available on Windows PCs. We're exploring the possibility of supporting other platforms in the future and will share more about this at a later time.

cgranade 9y ago

Hi, I'm a dev on Q#, and wanted to help clarify a bit how the Quantum Development Kit relates to LIQUi|〉. Microsoft's Quantum Development Kit is a successor to LIQUi|⟩ and we're excited for you to download it and begin writing Q# code. LIQUi|⟩ is focused on the efficient simulation of a quantum computer on a classical one. Q# is a language that will let you program actual quantum computers (in the future). As such, there are areas where LIQUi|⟩ can currently out-perform Q# when it is used on one of the provided simulators (which are striving to emulate the actual gates on quantum hardware). Over time, more simulators will be provided for Q# that will meet (and exceed) the efficiency of LIQUi|⟩ and at that point, we will fully retire LIQUi|⟩.