feat: add C implementation for stats/base/ndarray/drange

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• adds implementation of stats/base/ndarray/drange

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[Sachinn-64]

@bhargava-d16 Some minor changes, looks good overall.

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	tape( 'if provided an empty ndarray, the function returns NaN', function test( t ) {
	tape( 'if provided an empty ndarray, the function returns `NaN` ', function test( t ) {

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	t.strictEqual( v, 0.0, 'returns expected value' );
	t.strictEqual( v, 0.0, 'returns expected value' );

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	tape( 'if provided an empty ndarray, the function returns NaN', opts, function test( t ) {
	tape( 'if provided an empty ndarray, the function returns `NaN` ', opts, function test( t ) {

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	t.strictEqual( v, 0.0, 'returns expected value' );
	t.strictEqual( v, 0.0, 'returns expected value' );

[Sachinn-64]

Looks good over to you @kgryte.