2020/01/29 by Andriy Miranskyy, Lei Zhang, Javad Doliskani · 2 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #cs.SE #cs.ET #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1145/3377816.3381731
12 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Proceedings of the 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering: New Ideas and Emerging Results, 2020
arxiv created 2020/01/29 · arxiv updated 2020/02/03
Quantum computers are becoming more mainstream. As more programmers are starting to look at writing quantum programs, they face an inevitable task of debugging their code. How should the programs for quantum computers be debugged? In this paper, we discuss existing debugging tactics, used in developing programs for classic computers, and show which ones can be readily adopted. We also highlight quantum-computer-specific debugging issues and list novel techniques that are needed to address these issues. The practitioners can readily apply some of these tactics to their process of writing quantum programs, while researchers can learn about opportunities for future work.