[HN Gopher] What makes quantum computing so hard to explain?
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       What makes quantum computing so hard to explain?
        
       Author : frumpish
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2021-06-08 19:43 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.quantamagazine.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.quantamagazine.org)
        
       | simonblack wrote:
       | I would be very happy if somebody showed me the equivalent to the
       | 'Hello World' program in quantum computing. Or even something
       | like '1 + 1 = 2' as a quantum program.
        
         | rpmuller wrote:
         | A controlled-NOT gate (CNOT) can be thought of as addition mod
         | 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_NOT_gate
        
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