{"id":72995,"date":"2017-10-01T04:02:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T11:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/microsofts-new-coding-language-is-made-for-quantum-computers"},"modified":"2017-10-01T04:02:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T11:02:41","slug":"microsofts-new-coding-language-is-made-for-quantum-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/microsofts-new-coding-language-is-made-for-quantum-computers","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s new coding language is made for quantum computers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cOUrzxyng04?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When one of the first personal computers, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/04\/02\/dr-henry-edward-roberts-personal-computing-pioneer-loses-batt\/\">Altair 8800<\/a> came along in 1976, Microsoft was ready with a programming language, Altair BASIC. It wants to be equally prepared when quantum computers go mainstream, so it has <a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/features\/new-microsoft-breakthroughs-general-purpose-quantum-computing-moves-closer-reality\/\">unveiled<\/a> a new programming language and other tools for the futuristic tech at its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/ignite\/default.aspx\">Ignite<\/a> conference. You\u2019ll still need to understand Qubits and other weird concepts, but by integrating traditional languages like C# and Python, Microsoft will make it easier to do mainstream computing on the complex machines.<\/p>\n<p>Quantum computing is famously difficult to grasp \u2014 even IBM\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/quantumexperience.ng.bluemix.net\/qx\/user-guide\">Beginner\u2019s Guide<\/a>\u201d is laughingly opaque. In discussing Microsoft\u2019s new initiatives, Bill Gates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/09\/25\/bill-gates-admits-quantum-computing-leaves-him-baffled.html\">called<\/a> the physics \u201chieroglyphics,\u201d and when asked if he could describe it in one sentence, Satya Nadella said \u201cI don\u2019t think so. I wish I could.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, let\u2019s just talk about what it can <em>do<\/em>, then. By taking advantage of the principles of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016\/07\/19\/quantum-computers-show-potential-to-revolutionize-chemistry\/\">superposition<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2015\/03\/30\/spooky-experiment-proves-quantum-entanglement-is-real\/\">entanglement<\/a>, quantum computers can solve certain types of problems exponentially faster than the best supercomputers. \u201cIt would allow scientists to do computations in minutes or hours that would take the lifetime of the universe on even the most advanced classical computers,\u201d Microsoft explains. \u201cThat, in turn, would mean that people could find answers to scientific questions previously thought unanswerable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/09\/26\/microsoft-new-coding-language-is-made-for-quantum-computers\/\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/09\/26\/microsoft-new-coding-lan...computers\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When one of the first personal computers, the Altair 8800 came along in 1976, Microsoft was ready with a programming language, Altair BASIC. It wants to be equally prepared when quantum computers go mainstream, so it has unveiled a new programming language and other tools for the futuristic tech at its Ignite conference. 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