Quil: A Portable Quantum Instruction Language

This repository contains the reference specification for the Quil language in addition to some useful extras outlined below.

Repository layout:

• /examples: examples of Quil
• /grammars: example grammars used by parser generators
• /paper: the source and rendered files for the Quil reference paper, by Smith et al
• /rfcs: proposals for adding features or changing Quil
• /spec: the Quil language specification

Known Usages

The following is a list of known usages of the Quil language. Open a pull request to add your own to this list.

Language bindings:

• PyQuil: A library for easily generating Quil programs to be executed using the Rigetti Forest SDK

Compilers:

• quilc: The Rigetti optimizing Quil compiler

Simulators:

• qvm: The Rigetti high-performance quantum virtual machine