Re: [gentoo-user] Question of quantum computer

[<wabenbau@gmail.com>]

Fernando Rodriguez <frodriguez.developer@outlook.com> wrote:

> On Friday, April 03, 2015 5:05:35 AM wabenbau@gmail.com wrote:
> > Boricua Siempre <borikua.1978.2@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello
> > > 
> > > I have reading of quantum computing and I want know what operating
> > > systems are use in quantum computers. And I read quantum computers
> > 
> > I don't think that (yet) there exists computers that are completely 
> > based on quantum components. Maybe they have a quantum based
> > arithmetic unit but the other components are certainly
> > conventional. I don't know what kind of OS is used on such
> > machines. But I wouldn't be surprised if it is some kind of BSD or
> > Linux (maybe Gentum-OS). ;-)
> 
> And there probably never will. An operating system requires
> deterministic behaviour and as I understand it (and I'm not an
> expert) quantum computing can only deal with probabilities so a
> quantum OS would probably crash :)

I think that I first misunderstood you. I thought you mean that an OS 
will crash on a computer that is partially based on quantum components. 
But now I realized that you probably mean that there will never be a 
computer that is completely based on quantum technology. 

But if some well known proprietary OS is using quantum technology, it 
would explain its sometimes unpredictable behavior. ;-)

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Regards
wabe