Compiler Levels and Programming Languages
Triple Alpha is structured in a modular manner to facilitate different use cases and workflows. A choice of programming languages allows developers to work at the level of abstraction best suited to their needs.
Helium
The Helium level provides higher abstraction compared to Hydrogen. It enables the creation of sophisticated quantum programs using control structures like conditional 'if' statements, 'increment' and 'repeat' loops—functionally equivalent to the traditional 'for' and 'while' loops. Helium also allows integration of subroutines, including those written in classical languages like C and C++.
Helium is designed to allow composition of functionality, simplifying the development of complex quantum applications and allowing algorithms to be combined to compound quantum advantage.
Features of the Helium Programming Language
Control Structures
Hydrogen
Hydrogen is the compiler level below Helium and our assembly-level programming language.
Hydrogen allows for concurrent classical and quantum computation, and dynamic control flow to allow non-circuit computation. The instruction set used in Hydrogen can be defined or extended by the user, and compiled to target any system.
Features of the Hydrogen Programming Language
Control Flow Blocks
Hardware
The Hardware level is the lowest level in Triple Alpha. At this level, programs need to be written using the processor's native operations, including any constraints on addressing due to the processor's connectivity graph.
At this level, code can be written in Hydrogen or system-specific languages and frameworks, such as QASM or Quil.
Features of the Hardware Compiler Level
Triple Alpha in Early Access
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