Here is one implementation of a lisp (mal specifically) in matlab: https://github.com/kanaka/mal/blob/dcf8f4d7b9cf7b858850a04a0b835d6a9f4e7176/impls/matlab/step

Here is one implementation of a lisp (mal specifically) in matlab: https://github.com/kanaka/mal/blob/dcf8f4d7b9cf7b858850a04a0b835d6a9f4e7176/impls/matlab/stepA_mal.m https://github.com/kanaka/mal/blob/dcf8f4d7b9cf7b858850a04a0... Only 260 lines of code, pretty concise :)