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+(define-module (palindrome))
+
+
+(define-public (pp str)
+  "Pretty-printer wrapper for
+palindrome?"
+  (format #f "String ~a is ~aa palindrome!\n"
+          str
+          (if (palindrome? str)
+              "" "not ")))
+
+(define-public (palindrome? str)
+  "Returns #t if STR is a palindrome, false
+otherwise. Ignores casing and non-alphabetic
+characters."
+  (let ((clean (cleanup str)))
+    (equal? clean (string-reverse clean))))
+
+(define (cleanup str)
+  (string-downcase (string-filter
+                    char-set:letter str)))