Software simulation of a quantum computer

Question

While we are waiting for our quantum computers, is it possible to write a software simulation of one? I suspect the answer is no, but hope the reasons why not will throw som

Answer 1

Years ago I attended a talk at a Perl conference where Damian Conway (I believe) was speculating on some of this. A bit later there was a Perl module made available that did some of this stuff. Search CPAN for Quantum::Superpositions.