Where do you see quantum computing and Elixir?

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With recent advances announced by Google, where, for the first time, a quantum computer successfully ran a verifiable algorithm surpassing the fastest classical supercomputers (13,000x faster), what do you think quantum computing might mean for Elixir?

Do you think Elixir/Erlang would be particularly suited given…

Currently, computers solve problems in a simple linear way, one calculation at a time. In the quantum realm, particles can be in two places at the same time and researchers want to harness this property to develop computers that can do multiple calculations all at the same time.

Source: Quantum breakthrough could revolutionise computing - BBC News

Imagine quantum computing and AI. We’re so cooked :044:

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Sure, but this is something many are aware of and are slowly trying to change it. As much as JS and Python are terrible tyrants, people do notice inefficiencies and are working to overcome them.

I personally don’t think languages with a VM have any chances of being utilised by quantum computers. It’ll be a return to form there, meaning anything and everything will be hand-curated “assembly” for a while. It’ll be a second Renaissance. Maybe WASM will be able to be ran natively there (ultimately; it’ll likely take a long time) or maybe we’ll have a [subset of] ARM or RISC-V ISA instructions.

I personally see Erlang / Elixir having zero relevance there.

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