Introducing Microsoft Quantum Computing for Developers: Using the Quantum Development Kit and Q#

© Johnny Hooyberghs 2022

J. HooyberghsIntroducing Microsoft Quantum Computing for Developershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7246-6_5

5. Your First Quantum Program

Johnny Hooyberghs¹  

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Willebroek, Belgium

 

Now that you have a working development environment, you are ready to start and write your first working quantum program.

Note

Keep in mind that the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit contains Q# as a quantum programming language and the tools and frameworks to simulate a quantum program on your PC. The programming language Q# itself is meant to run on an actual quantum computer, but when you are running it on your local PC, you are only simulating a quantum computer. The available memory of your PC will limit the number of qubits you can use ...