If lithp macros are so cool ...

how the fuck do I use define-syntax and syntax-rules to convert "abc" into (string->list "abc") ?

ANSWER ME THAT, MATH BOYS

seriously, if I want a practical language that's EFFICIENT, I'm not going to use a programming language that's based around LINKED LISTS in the first fucking place. but it would be nice if they actually stuck with linked lists so you don't need two functions to convert back and forth between something that has its tail stuck in its anus and something that doesn't