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Lisp at the Frontier of Computation, by Robert Smith at Rigetti Computing

Arthur Gleckler · 16.5K views · 2017-12-08 · 1:14:51

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Robert Smith of Rigetti Computing talks at a Bay Area Lisp and Scheme meetup about using Common Lisp for quantum computing. He covers the technical, sociological and psychological sides of working across disciplines.

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Recommended as a real-world case of Lisp in a cutting-edge industry, applied to quantum hardware.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2017–2019

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Functional programmingQuantum computingCompilers, interpreters & program analysis
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Vekz · 2018-01 · Recommendation

Lisp at the Frontier of Computation, by Robert Smith at Rigetti Computing [VIDEO] About the application of Lisp on quantum hardware.

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reikonomusha · 2018-01 · Recommendation

Rigetti Quantum Computing [0] is a YC startup that actually manufactures real quantum computers that are accessible through Forest. There are a couple neat videos about the tech. [1,2] You can access the service through a Python API [3]. Disclaimer: I work there. [0] [LINK] [1] “Lisp at the Frontier of Computation” [VIDEO] [2] Rigetti talk at QIP 2017 [LINK] [3] [LINK]

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robertkrahn01 · 2017-12 · Recommendation

Interesting in this regard might also be the talk that Robert Smith of Rigetti Computing recently gave: [VIDEO] Apart from praising Common Lisp he describes how they are building an assembler-like language for quantum computing. The HN thread: [LINK]

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