Here's a Python program:
#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
def isPalindrome( string ):
if( len( string ) < 2 ):
return True
elif( string[ 0 ] == string [ -1 ] ):
return( isPalindrome( string[ 1: -1 ] ) )
else:
return False
if( __name__ == "__main__" ):
print isPalindrome( sys.argv[ 1 ] )
