The '$' is just another character. $args is a symbol defined by newLISP, which uses the $ character as a convention to indicate system symbols: http://www.newl

The '$' is just another character. $args is a symbol defined by newLISP, which uses the $ character as a convention to indicate system symbols: http://www.newlisp.org/downloads/newlisp_manual.html#system_symbols http://www.newlisp.org/downloads/newlisp_manual.html#system_...