#!/usr/bin/perl -w use Quantum::Entanglement qw(:DEFAULT); # list of possible input values for our computationally slow function: my @inputsA = (1,1,1,2,1,3,1,4,1,5,1,6,1,7,1,8,1,9,1,10); my @inputsB = (1,1,1,2,1,3,1,4,1,5,1,6,1,7,1,8,1,9,1,10); # make a superposition of these (we don't need to worry about probs here...) my $inputsA = entangle( @inputsA ); my $inputsB = entangle( @inputsB ); # calculate our nasty function, save the entangled answer # this should have many steps and be nasty, but that'll take too long my $answer = $inputsA * $inputsB; # store the global state space my $state = save_state($inputsA, $inputsB, $answer); # set up "conform" mode $Quantum::Entanglement::conform = 1; print "Enter two numbers between 1 and 10 to multiply\n"; while (<>) { last unless /(\d+)[^\d]*(\d+)/; 1 if $inputsA == $1; # yes, really ==, just in void context 1 if $inputsB == $2; print "\n$1 * $2 = $answer\n"; ($inputsA, $inputsB, $answer) = $state->restore_state; # again! }