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+(ns cc.journeyman.elboob.core)
+
+(defn compile
+  "scans `dir-paths` as directories of Markdown files. Returns a map which keys
+   each lexical token occurring in each file (with Markdown formatting, common
+   words, punctuation etc excepted) to a map which keys the relative file path 
+   of each file in which the token occurs to the frequency the token occurs within the file."
+  [& dir-paths]
+  (println  "Hello, World!"))