I have my opinions but I want to hear what everyone says about this development and what it means for programmers DTL. Will devs need to rewrite entire algorithms to align with the challenges we may face when quantum hardware gets commoditized?
I have my opinions but I want to hear what everyone says about this development and what it means for programmers DTL. Will devs need to rewrite entire algorithms to align with the challenges we may face when quantum hardware gets commoditized?
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Some algorithm and task are quantum computer friendly, in particular the Fast Fourier transform goes from O(N^2) to O(N logN).
Other algorithms don't get more speed from the quantum hardware. It's not magic, just that there a are a few useful interesting cases.
So, I expect to see a few dedicated libraries to run calculations in a quantum coprocesor, and a some "vectorized" language to write the glue that connect the pipes.