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GUPPY: Pythonic Quantum-Classical Programming

Programming Languages 2025-10-15 v1 Software Engineering Quantum Physics
Authors: Mark Koch , Alan Lawrence , Kartik Singhal , Seyon Sivarajah , Ross Duncan
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Abstract

We present ongoing work on Guppy, a domain-specific language embedded in Python that allows users to write high-level hybrid quantum programs with complex control flow in Pythonic syntax, aiming to run them on actual quantum hardware.

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software library

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@article{arxiv.2510.12582,
  title  = {GUPPY: Pythonic Quantum-Classical Programming},
  author = {Mark Koch and Alan Lawrence and Kartik Singhal and Seyon Sivarajah and Ross Duncan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.12582},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Presented at the Fourth International Workshop on Programming Languages for Quantum Computing (PLanQC 2024)

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