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+/** @file
+ * Minimal end-to-end example of a standard QuEST simulation.
+ *
+ * This example demonstrates the typical lifecycle of a QuEST program:
+ *   1. initialise the QuEST environment,
+ *   2. create a quantum register,
+ *   3. initialise its state,
+ *   4. apply operations,
+ *   5. report or calculate results,
+ *   6. destroy allocated objects,
+ *   7. finalise the environment.
+ *
+ * @author Nathan Delcid
+ */
+
+#include "quest.h"
+
+int main(void) {
+
+    // Initialise the QuEST environment. This prepares available hardware
+    // backends such as MPI, GPU acceleration and multithreading if enabled.
+    initQuESTEnv();
+
+    // Create a 2-qubit statevector Qureg.
+    //
+    // Its amplitudes correspond to:
+    //   alpha_0 |00>
+    //   alpha_1 |01>
+    //   alpha_2 |10>
+    //   alpha_3 |11>
+    //
+    // Qubit 0 is the rightmost, least-significant qubit.
+    Qureg qureg = createQureg(2);
+
+    // Initialise the register to |00>.
+    initZeroState(qureg);
+
+    // Apply some example operations.
+    //
+    // Hadamard on qubit 0 prepares:
+    //   (|00> + |01>) / sqrt(2)
+    //
+    // Pauli-X on qubit 1 then flips the left qubit, giving:
+    //   (|10> + |11>) / sqrt(2)
+    applyHadamard(qureg, 0);
+    applyPauliX(qureg, 1);
+
+    // Report the resulting statevector amplitudes.
+    reportQureg(qureg);
+
+    // Free memory allocated for the Qureg.
+    destroyQureg(qureg);
+
+    // Finalise the QuEST environment.
+    finalizeQuESTEnv();
+
+    return 0;
+}