PENNY : A Programming Language and Compiler for the Context

In this Thesis, I designed and implemented a programming language and compiler for use under the COntext INterchange Architecture, mint. The language, known as penny, was born from coinl, a deductive object-oriented language originally used to program under the mint architecture. This new language boasts a new look and feel to provide a greater abstraction and minimize the complexity for the user. Furthermore, a compiler has been implemented which uses penny as its source language and datalog with negation as its destination language. Two existing applications have been re-coded in penny to demonstrate the language's ease of use and the compiler's capabilities. Thesis Supervisor: Michael D. Siegel Title: Principal Research Scientist, Sloan School of Management