invert or reverse a string... warning this is a rant

[Hendrik van Rooyen]

 "Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at pythonware.com>wrote:
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> 'a man a plan a canal panama' is not a palindrome
> 
> ?

not if spaces count -

able was I ere I saw elba  - is one  - but its a tougher test...

- Hendrik