[Tutor] Quantum computing

2013-12-14 Thread David Hutto
Recently, after having some personal problems, I've returned to looking at the future of not only prototyping languages like python, but also the more advanced/older(refinement of your computers resources) languages. My main question/topic, is what is to become of languages like python with the e

Re: [Tutor] Quantum computing

2013-12-14 Thread Alan Gauld
On 14/12/13 04:36, David Hutto wrote: My main question/topic, is what is to become of languages like python with the emergence of quantum computing? Nothing, I suspect, since by the time quantum computing hits the mainstream we will all have progressed to other languages anyhow. These kinds

Re: [Tutor] Quantum computing

2013-12-14 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 11:36:37PM -0500, David Hutto wrote: > My main question/topic, is what is to become of languages like python with > the emergence of quantum computing? Almost certainly no change. I expect that quantum computing is still decades away from becoming common in high-end super

Re: [Tutor] Quantum computing

2013-12-14 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 14/12/2013 04:36, David Hutto wrote: Recently, after having some personal problems, I've returned to looking at the future of not only prototyping languages like python, but also the more advanced/older(refinement of your computers resources) languages. My main question/topic, is what is to

Re: [Tutor] Quantum computing

2013-12-14 Thread Alan Gauld
On 14/12/13 15:37, Mark Lawrence wrote: I believe that quantum computing is way OT for the Python tutor mailing list. Yeah, you are probably right. Although there are precedents where we have discussed general topics about the future of computing and where/whether Python fits in. But QC is

Re: [Tutor] Quantum computing

2013-12-14 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 14/12/2013 17:14, Alan Gauld wrote: On 14/12/13 15:37, Mark Lawrence wrote: I believe that quantum computing is way OT for the Python tutor mailing list. Yeah, you are probably right. Although there are precedents where we have discussed general topics about the future of computing and whe

Re: [Tutor] Quantum computing

2013-12-14 Thread William Ray Wing
On Dec 14, 2013, at 1:22 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 14/12/2013 17:14, Alan Gauld wrote: >> On 14/12/13 15:37, Mark Lawrence wrote: >>> >>> I believe that quantum computing is way OT for the Python tutor mailing >>> list. >> >> Yeah, you are probably right. Although there are precedents where

Re: [Tutor] Quantum computing

2013-12-15 Thread David Hutto
Well, it would fit the market penetration, of corporate-upper middle class-middle class- the lower socioeconomic level. It would also fit the market of individuals that have a population control that intertwines with the dissemination -- Best Regards, David Hutto *CEO:* *http://www.hitwebdevel

Re: [Tutor] Quantum computing

2013-12-15 Thread Alan Gauld
On 15/12/13 05:24, David Hutto wrote: Well, it would fit the market penetration, of corporate-upper middle class-middle class- the lower socioeconomic level. It would also fit the market of individuals that have a population control that intertwines with the dissemination huh? I didn't unders

Re: [Tutor] Quantum computing

2013-12-15 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 15/12/2013 04:55, William Ray Wing wrote: On Dec 14, 2013, at 1:22 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: On 14/12/2013 17:14, Alan Gauld wrote: On 14/12/13 15:37, Mark Lawrence wrote: I believe that quantum computing is way OT for the Python tutor mailing list. Yeah, you are probably right. Althoug

Re: [Tutor] Quantum computing

2013-12-15 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 03:40:38PM +, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 15/12/2013 04:55, William Ray Wing wrote: > >Well, as it turns out, there actually *IS* a commercially available > >quantum computer on the market today. It is built by a Canadian company > >"D-Wave Systems" and early prototype

Re: [Tutor] Quantum computing

2013-12-16 Thread Oscar Benjamin
On 15 December 2013 16:25, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 03:40:38PM +, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> On 15/12/2013 04:55, William Ray Wing wrote: > >> >Well, as it turns out, there actually *IS* a commercially available >> >quantum computer on the market today. >> >> Are you sayin

Re: [Tutor] Quantum computing (Alan Gauld)

2013-12-14 Thread Bo Morris
t; >>> apply(l, (3,)) > > 9 > > The built-in function apply is deprecated in Python 2 and removed in > Python 3. Instead apply, you should use argument unpacking: > > l(*(3,)) > > In this case, it's silly to unpack a tuple of a single value, instead > you sho