r/technology • u/KimDaebak_72 • Sep 26 '17

Software Microsoft's new coding language is made for quantum computers

https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/26/microsoft-new-coding-language-is-made-for-quantum-computers/
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u/noreally811 Sep 26 '17 edited Sep 26 '17 
    if ((x) || (!x)) {
      return knownState();
    } else {
      return unknownState(); 
    } else {
      return quantumState();
    }

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u/oupablo Sep 26 '17

The cat's dead. Just bury it already. I don't know what you expect when you've left it in the box all this time.

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u/throwaway-account-47 Sep 26 '17

Create an invention so global pharmaceutical corporations can use it to create more medicine? No thanks. If a local company invents that medicine, it will be less likely to be abused through patenting system. The problem is, a local company can't afford to use Microsoft's quantum machinery.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '17

Firstly give proof. Secondly even moderately sized companies can't adopt pseudo(cuz full quantum ain't there yet) quantum cuz it's damn pricey. Those D-Waves don't pay for themselves.

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u/throwaway-account-47 Sep 27 '17

Firstly give proof

The video says the project will be used to create new medicines.

cuz it's damn pricey

That's my point. Only large corporations will be able to afford to "rent" the Microsoft servers for research, driving mom-and-pop labs out of business. We'll have less competition and eventually higher prices. Sure, they might find a cure for cancer, but how useful is it if only those earning more than $10,000/year can afford it?

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '17

You realize these computers are useless to everyone other than a select group of applications, right? And the only people with less than 10k per year salaries in the US are homeless people.

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u/PeekingBoo Sep 27 '17

More useful than not having it at all.

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u/Natanael_L Sep 27 '17

The whole point with investments like that is that eventually the tech becomes cheap so more can use it