# Ava - 2026

At the beginning of 2026, extreme stress gave me new motivation to pursue Ava as
a research project. It provides mental relief when times are tough. This new
revision of Ava uses my time away to revisit concepts from the ground up and
helps to take a principles-first approach to language design.

## Ideas -- Working Towards Core Principles

### Single-Purpose Syntax

As much as possible ensure that syntax has only one meaning.

### Syntax Consistency

Apply the same patterns everywhere. Make Ava predictable. Do not allow for
special cases or exceptions to rules.

### Explicitness

Ava should be clear and precise. Accept some deliberate verbosity to achieve
this in some cases.

### Functional

Ava is a functional programming language.

### Data Expression

Data modeling is critical to software development, and Ava must provide a
foundational set of tools for expressing data.

### Types

Ava is a statically-typed language with support for generic types, higher-kinded
types, type constructors, and generally leans into types.