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While quantum computers are still in their infancy, more and more people are training to become quantum software developers
By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
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Quantum computers, which promise to revolutionise everything from chemistry to cancer research, aren’t quite ready for the mainstream yet – but that hasn’t prevented the emergence of a new breed of quantum software developers.
“Writing a program for a quantum computer used to mean getting a PhD,” says Lov Grover. He would know – his Grover’s algorithm, created in 1996 for searching a database with a quantum computer, was one of the first pieces of quantum software. At that time, there were no quantum computers that could actually run it, and the work…
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