Palindrome

#include <iostream>
#include <new>
using std::cout;
using std::cin;
using std::endl;

unsigned int len(const char* buff);
char* makeString(const char* buff, const unsigned int& len);
bool isPalindrome(const char* str, const int& checkF, const int& checkS);


int main() {
    char buff[256];

    cin >> buff;

    unsigned int length = len(buff);

    cout << "Length: " << length << endl;

    if (length == 0) {
        cout << "Pali" << endl;
    }
    else {
        char* str = makeString(buff, length);
        if (isPalindrome(str, 0, length-1)) {
            cout << "Pali" << endl;
        }
        else {
            cout << "Not Pali" << endl;
        }
    }


    return 0;
}

bool isPalindrome(const char* str, const int& checkF, const int& checkS) {
    if (checkF >= checkS) {
        return true;
    }

    if (str[checkF] != str[checkS]) {
        return false;
    }

    return isPalindrome(str, checkF + 1, checkS - 1);
}

unsigned int len(const char* buff) {
    unsigned int len = 0;

    while(*buff++) {
        ++len;
    }

    return len;
}

char* makeString(const char* buff, const unsigned int& len) {
    char* str = new char[len];

    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
        str[i] = buff[i];
    }

    return str;
}