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Especially because it closes the door on things like "reader macros" which are one of my favourite Lisp features.

Well, the article is called "a simple Lisp", not "a fully featured Lisp". It's a demo, not a compliant implementation.

You may be interested by https://github.com/brundonsmith/rust_lisp though

And to be fair, reader macros are a pretty contentious feature in themselves, as they can be used for great evil. I was mainly making the comment to be educational. Your work here is impressive regardless.

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