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Despite many common concepts with classical computer science, quantum
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computing is still widely considered as a special discipline within the
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broad field of theoretical physics. One reason for the slow adoption of
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QC by the computer science community is the confusing variety of
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formalisms (Dirac notation, matrices, gates, operators, etc.), none of
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which has any similarity with classical programming languages, as well
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as the rather ``physical'' terminology in most of the available
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literature.
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QCL (Quantum Computation Language) tries to fill this gap: QCL is a
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hight level, architecture independent programming language for quantum
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computers, with a syntax derived from classical procedural languages
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like C or Pascal. This allows for the complete implementation and
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simulation of quantum algorithms (including classical components) in one
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consistent formalism.
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