not faster actually added by certainty on Fri Apr 11 08:52:31 2014
(define (palindrome? input) (string=? input (string-reverse input))) (define (faster-palindrome? input) (cond ((string-null? input) #t) (else (do ((i 0 (add1 i)) (j (sub1 (string-length input)) (sub1 j))) ((or (not (char=? (string-ref input i) (string-ref input j))) (>= i j)) (<= j i))))))