Benchmarks are working, but empty

Lots of work and stress for a tint bit of progress.

See #131

.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml

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+name: Benchmarks
+
+#trigger when these occur
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+#Benchmarks are currently only supported on one platform
+jobs:
+  run-test-cases:
+    continue-on-error: true
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        platforms:
+          - { os: ubuntu-latest, preinstall: sudo apt-get install time }
+        commands:
+          - { exec: make -C tests/benchmarks -k }
+    
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platforms.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Preinstall dependencies
+        run: ${{ matrix.platforms.preinstall }}
+      - name: run the tests
+        run: ${{ matrix.commands.exec }}