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+#include <time.h>
+#include "../../reowolf.h"
+#include "../utility.c"
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+	int i, msglen, inside, total;
+	char * transport;
+	transport = argv[1];
+	msglen = atoi(argv[2]);
+	inside = atoi(argv[3]);
+	total = atoi(argv[4]);
+	printf("transport `%s`, msglen %d, inside %d, total %d\n",
+		transport, msglen, inside, total);
+	unsigned char pdl[] = ""; 
+	Arc_ProtocolDescription * pd = protocol_description_parse(pdl, sizeof(pdl)-1);
+	printf("Error str `%s`\n", reowolf_error_peek(NULL));
+	char logpath[] = "./bench_13.txt";
+	Connector * c = connector_new_logging(pd, logpath, sizeof(logpath)-1);
+
+	PortId native_putter, native_getter;
+	char ident[] = "sync"; // defined in reowolf's stdlib 
+	connector_add_port_pair(c, &native_putter, &native_getter);
+	for (i=0; i<inside; i++) {
+		// create a forward linked in the ring
+		PortId putter, getter;
+		if(0 == strcmp(transport, "mem")) {
+			connector_add_port_pair(c, &putter, &getter);
+		} else if(0 == strcmp(transport, "localhost")) {
+			FfiSocketAddr addr = {{127, 0, 0, 1}, i+7000};
+			connector_add_net_port(c, &putter, addr, Polarity_Putter, EndpointPolarity_Active);
+			connector_add_net_port(c, &getter, addr, Polarity_Getter, EndpointPolarity_Passive);
+		} else {
+			printf("BAD TRANSPORT!\n");
+			exit(1);
+		}
+		
+		// native ports: {native_putter, native_getter, putter, getter}
+		// thread a forward component onto native_tail
+		connector_add_component(c, ident, sizeof(ident)-1, (PortId[]){native_getter, putter}, 2);
+		// native ports: {native_putter, getter}
+		printf("Error str `%s`\n", reowolf_error_peek(NULL));
+		native_getter = getter;
+	}
+	for (i=inside; i<total; i++) {
+		// create a forward linked to itself
+		PortId putter, getter;
+		connector_add_port_pair(c, &putter, &getter);
+		connector_add_component(c, ident, sizeof(ident)-1, (PortId[]){getter, putter}, 2);
+		printf("Error str `%s`\n", reowolf_error_peek(NULL));
+	}
+	connector_connect(c, -1);
+	printf("Error str `%s`\n", reowolf_error_peek(NULL));
+	
+	char * msg = malloc(msglen);
+	memset(msg, msglen, 42);
+	
+	clock_t begin = clock();
+	for (i=0; i<100000; i++) {
+		connector_put_bytes(c, native_putter, msg, msglen);
+		connector_get(c, native_getter);
+		connector_sync(c, -1);
+	}
+	clock_t end = clock();
+	double time_spent = (double)(end - begin) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
+	printf("Time taken: %f\n", time_spent);
+	free(msg);
+	return 0;
+}
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