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Name: quantum-blackbird
Version: 0.2.4
Summary: Blackbird is a quantum assembly language for continuous-variable quantum computation by Xanadu Inc.
Home-page: https://github.com/XanaduAI/blackbird
Maintainer: Xanadu Inc.
Maintainer-email: josh@xanadu.ai
License: Apache License 2.0
Description: Blackbird Quantum Assembly Language
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        Blackbird is a quantum assembly language for continuous-variable quantum computation, that can be used to program Xanadu's quantum photonics hardware and Strawberry Fields simulator.
        
        
        
        Features
        --------
        
        The Blackbird repository contains three *separate* packages:
        
        * ``src``: The Blackbird grammar specification in enhanced Brackus-Naur form
        
        * ``blackbird_python``: to develop Blackbird parsers for integration with Python programs
        
        * ``blackbird_cpp``: libraries and header files needed to develop Blackbird
          parsers for integration with C++ programs
        
        All of these packages are independent, and can be installed separately without
        depending on one-another. *However*, if the grammar is ever modified, there
        is a command for updating the autogenerated parts of the Python and C++
        parsers.
        
        In addition, this repository contains:
        
        * ``example``: Example Blackbird scripts
        
        * ``apps``: Example Python/C++ applications using the above parsers
        
        
        Getting started
        ---------------
        
        Blackbird is a development library, designed to easily integrate Blackbird code
        into applications and interfaces.
        
        To get the Blackbird grammar installed and running on your system, begin at the `grammar installation guide <https://quantum-blackbird.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installing.html>`_. Then, familiarize yourself with the Blackbird's `syntax and grammar <https://quantum-blackbird.readthedocs.io/en/latest/syntax.html>`_ for specifying photonic quantum circuits. You can even generate Blackbird parsers for any target language supported
        by ANTLR, including Java, C#, JavaScript, Go, and Swift.
        
        
        If you only want to develop an application that makes use of the `Python parser <https://quantum-blackbird.readthedocs.io/en/latest/blackbird_python/init.html>`_ or the `C++ parser <https://quantum-blackbird.readthedocs.io/en/latest/blackbird_cpp/overview.html>`_, you can go directly to those sections and their corresponding installation guides.
        
        
        
        How to cite
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        If you are doing research using Blackbird, please cite
        
            Nathan Killoran, Josh Izaac, Nicolás Quesada, Ville Bergholm, Matthew Amy, and Christian Weedbrook.
            *Strawberry Fields: A Software Platform for Photonic Quantum Computing* 2018. `arXiv:1804.03159 <https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.03159>`_
        
        Support
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        - **Source Code:** https://github.com/XanaduAI/Blackbird
        - **Issue Tracker:** https://github.com/XanaduAI/Blackbird/issues
        
        If you are having issues, please let us know by posting the issue on our Github issue tracker.
        
        License
        -------
        
        Blackbird is **free** and **open source**, released under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
        
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