Abhinandan Pal
ABSTRACT
Acknowledging the inter-disciplinary aspect of quantum computing, there is a need to make quantum programming more accessible for its fast-growing community. With the advent of quantum computers with hundreds of qubits designing circuits manually is infeasible. Most current languages are low-level or involve a steep learning curve or lack control. Thus we propose a quantum programming language (QPL) that allows for high-level abstractions with intuitive syntax while still allowing users to directly construct circuits.
High-level languages decrease user control and caution leading to sub-optimal circuits. To prevent this, Qiwi allows for dead qubit elimination and has dynamically sized data types. We also introduce a mechanism to let the compiler decide the most optimal among several overloaded function definitions, based on statements following the call. Moreover, this work also presents circuits for if outside the control family of gates and a control for loop on quantum data.
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Index Terms
- Qiwi: A Beginner Friendly Quantum Language
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